Photograph from opening of the Institute of Neurological Sciences; Correspondence and notes regarding neurosurgical provision at Killearn Hospital, plans for the move to the Southern General Hospital, and the administrative aspects of the new multi-disciplinary Institute.
Glasgow and West of Scotland Neurosurgical Unit, Killearn Hospital
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- ReferenceGB 250 131
- Dates of Creation1948-1972
- Language of MaterialEnglish
- Physical Description42 items
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Administrative / Biographical History
The Glasgow West of Scotland Neurosurgical Unit was established at Killearn Hospital, Stirlingshire, in 1942, following the recommendation of a committee chaired by Professor Charles Illingworth. The first neurosurgeons appointed to the new unit were James Eric Paterson and James Sloan Robertson, and other notable members of staff included RD Laing and Bryan Jennett.
The unit’s location at the EMS hospital near Killearn was originally intended as a short-term, temporary measure. In actual fact the unit remained at Killearn until 1970-1972, when it was relocated to the Southern General Hospital in Glasgow and merged with a number of other academic and research departments to form the new Institute of Neurological Sciences.
The papers in this collection were owned and arranged by Professor W. Bryan Jennett, and are largely concerned with the foundation of the unit in 1942, the evolution of plans to relocate the unit to the Southern General Hospital, and the early years of the Institute of Neurological Sciences.
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Catalogued by Andrew McAinsh, Collections Manager, February 2019.
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