Outline of the history of the Section of Neurology of the Royal Society of Medicine.

The article traces the history of the Section of Neurology of the British Royal Society of Medicine. Physicians interested in building a neurological society held a meeting in London, England in November 1885. The foundation of the National Hospital for Nervous Diseases and Epilepsy provided a centre for clinical neurology and neurophysiology studies. In April 1878, the "Brain, A Journal of Neurology" had been founded. In 1926, the Society of British Neurological Surgeons was established.