Forbes Winslow

He had to pay the expenses of his own medical education by acting as a reporter for The Times in the gallery of the House of Commons, and by writing small manuals for students on osteology, and on practical midwifery.

He continued to write numerous papers on insanity and on its relation to the laws, and in 1860 published On the Obscure Diseases of the Brain and Mind, a work containing many interesting cases.

The frequent establishment of the plea of insanity in criminal cases was largely due to his influence, and he was called as a witness in many celebrated trials.

Forbes Benignus Winslow's daughter, Susanna Frances, married the humourist Arthur William à Beckett.

[citation needed] This article contains text now in the public domain: Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, Volume 62 s:Winslow, Forbes Benignus (DNB00)