| Code | BPS/GB/171 |
| Name | Oswald; Ian (1929-2012); Professor; MD (Cantab), DSc (Edin), DPM (Eng), FRCPsych. |
| Title | Professor |
| Forenames | Ian |
| Surname | Oswald |
| Dates | 1929-2012 |
| Epithet | MD (Cantab), DSc (Edin), DPM (Eng), FRCPsych. |
| Parallel Name | I Oswald |
| Gender | Male |
| Nationality | British |
| DatesAndPlaces | United Bristol Hospitals 1953-1955
North Middlesex Hospital, 1953-1955
National Service, PM RAF Hospital, Halton 1955-1957
British Medical Association Research Scholarship 1956-1957
Institute of Experimental Psychology and Laboratory of Physiology, University of Oxford 1957-1959
University of Edinburgh 1959-1989 |
| Address | Peebleshire, Scotland |
| Activity | Date of Birth: 04/08/1929
Place of Birth: London
University and Professional Training:
Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. Open Exhibitioner and subsequently Michell Scholar, College prizeman (three times), 1947-1950
Natural Sciences Tripos Part I, 1949
Moral Sciences Tripos Part II, psychology 1950
University of Bristol Medical School (Laby Haberfield Prize in Clinical Medicine), 1950-1953
MB, BChir (Cantab) 1953
MD Cambridge 1958
DPM (England) 1961
DSc University of Edinburgh 1963
Professional career:
House Surgeon, United Bristol Hospitals 1953-1955
House Physician, North Middlesex Hospital, 1953-1955
National Service, with extension, Royal Air Force Medical Branch, majority of service at Neuropsychiatric Centre, PM RAF Hospital, Halton 1955-1957
British Medical Association Research Scholarship 1956-1957
Beit Memorial Fellowship for Medical Research, Institute of Experimental Psychology and Laboratory of Physiology, University of Oxford 1957-1959
Lecturer in Psychological Medicine, University of Edinburgh 1959
Senior Lecturer in Psychiatry, University of Edinburgh 1965
Reader in Psychiatry, University of Edinburgh 1971
Professor, Department of Psychiatry University of Edinburgh 1977
Chair, Dept.of Psychiatry, University of Edinburgh 1977 until 1989
Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist of the National Health Service 1968-1989
Involvement with BPS and/or other societies and organisations:
Member of the Australia and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists 1965
Chair, medical Subcommittee and member of Management Committee, Carstairs State Hospital until 1986
Foundation Fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatrists 1971
President, European Sleep Research Society until 1984
Examiner in psychiatry for Edinburgh and for RCP 1968-1969
Examiner, RCP for its Gaskell Gold Medal in Clinical Psychiatry 1989-1990.
Sources: Ian Oswald's Personal Details Sheet.
Compiled by Mike Maskill, BPS Archivist for the History of Psychology Centre. |
| PublishedWorks | Selected publications:
Oswald, Ian; A.Taylor, M.Treisman (1960). "Discriminative responses to stimulation during human sleep". Brain 83: 440–453.
Oswald, Ian (1960). "Falling asleep open-eyed during intense rhythmic stimulation". British Medical Journal 1: 1450–1455.
Oswald, Ian; V.R. Thacore (1963). "Amphetamine and phenmetrazine addiction: physiological abnormalities in the abstinence syndrome". British Medical Journal 2: 427–431.
Oswald, Ian; R.G.Priest (1965). "Five weeks to escape the sleeping-pill habit". British Medical Journal 2: 1093–1099.
Oswald, Ian (1966). Sleep. Penguin Books Ltd.
Oswald, Ian; J.Merrington, H.Lewis (1970). "Cyclical 'on demand' oral intake by adults". Nature (London) 225: 959–960.
Haider, Ijaz; I. Oswald (1970). "Late brain recovery processes after drug overdose". British Medical Journal 2: 318–322.
Dunleavy, Desmond.L.F; I.Oswald (1973). "Phenelzine, mood response and sleep". Archives of General Psychiatry 28: 353–356.
Savin, John; W.D.Paterson, I.Oswald, K.Adam (1975). "Further studies of scratching during sleep". British Journal of Dermatology 93: 297–302.
Beck, Ulrich; V. Brezinova, W. M. Hunter, I. Oswald (1975). "Plasma growth hormone and slow wave sleep increase after interruption of sleep". Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism 40: 812–815.
Oswald, Ian; K.Adam (1980). "The man who had not slept for 10 years". British Medical Journal 281: 874–875.
Adam, Kirstine; I.Oswald (1983). "Protein synthesis, bodily renewal and the sleep-wake cycle". Clinical Science 65: 561–567.
Oswald, Ian; J.Evans (1985). "On serious violence during sleep-walking". British Journal of Psychiatry 147: 688–691.
Adam, Kirstine; I. Oswald (1989). "Can a rapidly-eliminated hypnotic cause daytime anxiety". Pharmacopsychiatry 22: 115–119. |
| Source | I Oswald's Personal Details Sheet. |
| Conventions | International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN ISBN 0-9696035-3-3
National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 |