In this follow-up to my paper of 1971 (Brit J Dermatol 84:470-86) I shall deal with the general situation and its development and then with the individual skin units. My knowledge of this springs from my having been on the staff of the Glasgow Royal Infirmary Skin Department in various grades from 1.4.47 until 1.4.80 apart from 4 months spent as consultant dermatologist at Stobhill Hospital in 1964-65.
The following account is reproduced, with permission, from the British Medical Journal of Christmas 1984 (BMJ 1984;289:1762-4).
