Domus Willisi: A Neuro-Architectural Tour

Fifteen sites in England today can be identified with Dr. Thomas Willis, the Oxford physician and anatomist, who was the founder of neurology. Four of these were domiciles; Beam Hall, where Willis and his colleagues met to study the brain and nerves, can be claimed as the first Neurological Institut...

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Published in:Journal of the history of the neurosciences 1996-08, Vol.5 (2), p.87-99
Main Author: Feindel, William
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
brain imaging
History of medicine
History, 17th Century
Neurological Institute
Neurology - history
neuroscience
Osier
Travel - history
United Kingdom
Westminster Abbey
Willis
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Summary:Fifteen sites in England today can be identified with Dr. Thomas Willis, the Oxford physician and anatomist, who was the founder of neurology. Four of these were domiciles; Beam Hall, where Willis and his colleagues met to study the brain and nerves, can be claimed as the first Neurological Institute. The last dwelling place of Willis is Westminster Abbey, where in 1961 his memorial stone was renewed by neurologists and neurosurgeons. Part of this original stone marks the new Brain Imaging Centre at the Montreal Neurological Institute, where the name of Thomas Willis shares a place in the Hall of Neurological Fame.
ISSN:0964-704X
1744-5213
DOI:10.1080/09647049609525656