Queen Square: A History of the National Hospital and its Institute of Neurology

Simon Shorvon, Alastair Compston

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Year: 2018
• Print ISBN: 9781107100824
• eBook ISBN: 9781108695251
• Topic: Medicine
• Subtopic: Neurology

As the first neurological hospital in the world, founded in 1859, the National Hospital, Queen Square, and its affiliated Institute of Neurology remain leading neurological centres providing exceptional clinical services, teaching and research. Illustrated by over 100 historical images and much unpublished archival material, this book provides a comprehensive history of the National Hospital, the Institute, and their staff. It relates the ups and downs of the Hospital and Institute in war and peacetime, their financial struggles, many personality conflicts, efforts to remain independent and to maintain neurological dominance, academic and clinical contributions, issues relating to specialisation and subspecialisation and relations between disciplines, and the changing roles of the Hospital and Institute. The history is told from varying perspectives against the backdrop of the evolution of British clinical neuroscience, the special position of London medicine, and the influence of world wars, and is set in the context of modern British social history.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half-title page
• Title page
• Copyright page
• Dedication
• Contents
• List of Figures
• Preface
• Introduction
• Chapter 1 Foundation and Making of the National Hospital
• Chapter 2 Queen Square, the Salmon Pink and Other Hospital Buildings
• Chapter 3 Queen Square and Neurology 1860–1902
• Chapter 4 National Hospital Quadrumvirate
• Chapter 5 Roller-coaster Ride and the National Hospital Rubs Along 1902–1945
• Chapter 6 Five Dominant Physicians
• Chapter 7 The NHS Arrives and the Hospital Celebrates its Centenary 1946–1962
• Chapter 8 Beyond the Walls: British Neurology Outside Queen Square
• Chapter 9 Neurosurgery and War Neurology at Queen Square
• Chapter 10 Other Clinical Specialties at Queen Square
• Chapter 11 The Investigatory Specialties at Queen Square
• Chapter 12 The Medical School and the Institute of Neurology
• Chapter 13 The Rise of Academic Neurology at Queen Square 1962–1997
• Chapter 14 Never, Never, Ever – Change and Integration 1962–1997
• Appendix 1 Medical and Surgical Appointees to the National Hospitals and/or Institute of Neurology 1859–1997
• Appendix 2 Dates of Appointment of Senior Administrative Positions at the National Hospital/Institute of Neurology 1859–1997
• Appendix 3 Physicians – National Hospital 1860–1997
• Index