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Architect’s vision of the completed hospital, 1900. This was the first parish hospital in Glasgow that did not rely on inmates from a poor house to provide unpaid nursing service

Hospitals and clinics

In 1948 the NHS had to work how it was going to co-ordinate with local authority services. Here Paisley Town Council makes proposals to the NHS Executive Council for Renfrewshire for co-operation with General Practitioners

Administrative Bodies

Article in Medical Women's Federation magazine by Jean Scott of Glasgow Royal Maternity Hospital about Dr Jennie Trout, the first woman doctor in Canada

Societies and Organisations

Letter from Prof Jack Scarrisbrick of the Society for the protection of the Unborn Child to Prof Ian Donald re proposed amendments to abortion legislation, 1985. As the leading pioneer of ultrasound in medicine, Donald might have expected to be given a seat in the House of Lords. However, his outspoken views on social and ethical issues ensured that he received few honours

Individual papers