title: The History of Neurosurgery at the National Hospital, Queen Square, London, with Some Personal Recollections from 1948 Onwards: The Early Years.
abstract: The National Hospital, Queen Square, London was founded as a charitable institution in 1860, becoming the first dedicated neuroscience hospital in the world. Sir Victor Horsley, the first neurosurgeon was appointed in 1886, and since that time, Queen Square neurosurgeons have been prominent on the World neurosurgical stage, including Sir Wylie McKissock and Prof Lindsay Symon, inter alia. This article gives the history taken from both published records and personal stories, recorded by a neurosurgeon who has worked at the hospital for thirty five years.
authors.affiliation: National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London, United Kingdom. Electronic address: mickpowell@aol.com.
authors.forename: Michael P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Powell
mesh_terms: D002608:Charities / Q000266:history*; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006761:Hospitals / Q000266:history*; D006801:Humans; D008131:London; D009493:Neurosurgery / Q000266:history*; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures / Q000266:history*
keywords: History; Hospital; London; National; Neurosurgery; Neurosurgical pioneers; Queen Square