Citation

Silver JR. J. R. Coll. Physicians Edinb. 2019; 49(4): 328-335.

Affiliation

Suite 13, George House, High Street, Tring HP23 4AF, UK, jrussellsilver@btconnect.com.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh)

DOI

10.4997/JRCPE.2019.417

PMID

31808464

Abstract

Stoke Mandeville Hospital and the National Spinal Injuries Centre (NSIC) are renowned worldwide for the successful treatment of spinal injuries and as the birthplace of the Paralympic movement. The emergence of the spinal centre was a direct result of the setting up of the Emergency Medical Services in the Second World War to treat injured soldiers. This paper documents the history of the hospital as a whole and the influence of the NSIC in particular on the overall facilities leading up to and after the building of the modern NSIC in 1983.

Language: en

Keywords

Ludwig Guttmann; NSIC; Stoke Mandeville Hospital