1st Edition
The Hexagon Club and British Neurology between the Wars
Introduction
1 The Hexagon Club: origins and membership
2 George Riddoch (27 December 1888–24 October 1947)
3 Charles Putnam Symonds (11 April 1890–7 December 1978)
4 Walter Russell Brain (23 October 1895–29 December 1966)
5 Hugh William Bell Cairns (26 June 1896–18 July 1952)
6 Macdonald Critchley (2 February 1900–15 October 1997)
7 Derek Ernest Denny-Brown (1 June 1901–20 April 1981)
8 1st–3rd meetings of the Hexagon Club: 1930
9 4th–7th meetings of the Hexagon Club: 1931
10 8th–11th meetings of the Hexagon Club: 1932
11 12th–14th meetings of the Hexagon Club: 1933
12 15th–18th meetings of the Hexagon Club: 1934
13 19th–21st meetings of the Hexagon Club: 1935
14 22nd–25th meetings of the Hexagon Club: 1936
15 26th–28th meetings of the Hexagon Club: 1937
16 29th–31st meetings of the Hexagon Club: 1938
17 32nd meeting of the Hexagon Club: 1939
18 The Hexagon Club: a conspectus
Biography
Alastair Compston, CBE, FRS, FMedSci, is a professor emeritus of neurology in the University of Cambridge and a fellow of Jesus College, Cambridge, UK. His previous research focused on the clinical science of human demyelinating disease. In retirement, he writes on bibliography and the history of medicine. His previous publications include Simples and Rarities Suitable and Honorable to the College, a history of the Dorchester library of the Royal College of Physicians (2018); The Story of the National Hospital and Its Institute of Neurology (2019), and All Manner of Ingenuity and Industry: A Bio-Bibliography of Dr Thomas Willis, 1621–1675 (2021).
