The History of Neurosurgery at the National Hospital, Queen Square, London. With some personal recollections from 1948 onwards. The Early Years

Highlights • Birth of Neurosurgery 1886 • History of the hospital structure and its developments • Horsley, giant late 19thC surgeon scientist. • Birth of stereotaxy • Early neurosurgeons at Queen Square. • WWI • Interwar years • WWII • Post war developments. • Academic department: Logue and Symon •...

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Published in:World neurosurgery 2017-07, Vol.103, p.634-646
Main Author: Powell, Michael P., FRCS FRCP
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Charities - history
History
History, 19th Century
History, 20th Century
History, 21st Century
Hospital
Hospitals - history
Humans
London
National
Neurosurgery
Neurosurgery - history
Neurosurgical pioneers
Neurosurgical Procedures - history
Queen Square
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Summary:Highlights • Birth of Neurosurgery 1886 • History of the hospital structure and its developments • Horsley, giant late 19thC surgeon scientist. • Birth of stereotaxy • Early neurosurgeons at Queen Square. • WWI • Interwar years • WWII • Post war developments. • Academic department: Logue and Symon • McKissock and his legacy • David Thomas and Alan Crockard • Reunification of the neurosurgical department. • 21st C neurosurgery and training.
ISSN:1878-8750
1878-8769
DOI:10.1016/j.wneu.2017.02.021