EEG Unit, Hospital for Nervous Diseases, Queen Square

Patient receiving treatment at the Hospital for Nervous Diseases in June 1965. The EEG is a recording of the very small electrical changes which occur in the brain all the time. These are picked up by a set of 22 damp pads which are placed on the scalp after making small partings in the hair. The hospital was renamed in 1988 and became the Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery. The hospital was founded by Johanna, Louisa and Edward Chandler after their experiences in caring for their paralysed Grandmother. It was opened in 1859 with just 8 beds for female patients and now there are spaces for 200 inpatients with the unit treating over 140,000 people every year.