Book contents
- Victor Horsley
- Victor Horsley
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1 Early Days
- Chapter 2 The Other Side of Gower Street
- Chapter 3 At the Brown
- Chapter 4 Dividing the Indivisible: The Localization of Cortical Functions
- Chapter 5 The Making of a Specialty
- Chapter 6 The Grammar of Neurosurgery: Technical Underpinnings
- Chapter 7 The Neurosurgery of Specific Disorders
- Chapter 8 Measures of the Man
- Chapter 9 The Politics of Protection
- Chapter 10 Not So Trivial Pursuits: The Slide into Politics
- Chapter 11 Antivivisectionist Claims and Clamor
- Chapter 12 Bitter Tears: Horsley and the Suffragist Movement
- Chapter 13 Last Orders: The Temperance Movement
- Chapter 14 Syphilis and the Public Health
- Chapter 15 A Surgeon Goes to War
- Chapter 16 Aftermaths and Appraisals
- Book part
- Index
- References
Chapter 3 - At the Brown
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 06 January 2022
Book contents
- Victor Horsley
- Victor Horsley
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1 Early Days
- Chapter 2 The Other Side of Gower Street
- Chapter 3 At the Brown
- Chapter 4 Dividing the Indivisible: The Localization of Cortical Functions
- Chapter 5 The Making of a Specialty
- Chapter 6 The Grammar of Neurosurgery: Technical Underpinnings
- Chapter 7 The Neurosurgery of Specific Disorders
- Chapter 8 Measures of the Man
- Chapter 9 The Politics of Protection
- Chapter 10 Not So Trivial Pursuits: The Slide into Politics
- Chapter 11 Antivivisectionist Claims and Clamor
- Chapter 12 Bitter Tears: Horsley and the Suffragist Movement
- Chapter 13 Last Orders: The Temperance Movement
- Chapter 14 Syphilis and the Public Health
- Chapter 15 A Surgeon Goes to War
- Chapter 16 Aftermaths and Appraisals
- Book part
- Index
- References
Summary
Founded in 1871, the Brown Animal Sanatory Institution of the University of London survived legal challenges to its birth and spawned legal proceedings at its closure. It thrived initially despite chronic underfunding, but it was shut down in 1939 at the onset of war, was damaged by bombs during the hostilities, and was subject to a compulsory purchase order by the local authorities once peace was declared. Nevertheless, it was for a time the premier research institution for the medical sciences in Britain, and to work there was in itself both an achievement and a privilege. Its staff was among the most distinguished in the land.
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