Glasgow and West of Scotland Neurosurgical Unit, Killearn Hospital

• Reference:GB 250 131
• Dates of Creation:1948-1972
• Language of Material:English
• Physical Description:
  42 items

• Scope and Content

  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.

• 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.

• Arrangement

  Catalogued by Andrew McAinsh, Collections Manager, February 2019.

• Access Information

  Access to some items may be restricted. Please contact Heritage staff at the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow.

• Other Finding Aids

  Descriptive List Available

• Conditions Governing Use

  Identification of copyright holders of unpublished material is often difficult. Permission to make any published use of any material from the collection must be sought in advance from the Archivist. We will try to assist in identifying copyright owners but the responsibility for copyright clearance before publication ultimately rests with the reader.

• Accruals

  None expected.

• Related Material

  GB 812 HB 43 Records of Killearn Hospital, Stirlingshire, Scotland

  GB 812 HB 17/10 Records of the Southern General Hospital, Glasgow: Institute of Neurological Sciences