International Society for the History of Medicine, Congress, and journal Vesalius.

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The British Society for the History of Medicine represents the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in the International Society for the History of Medicine.
The International Society for the History of Medicine does have direct individual membership, and members of it receive the journal Vesalius. Subscription to Vesalius and consequently, membership of the ISHM for those under 30 and over 70 is £17.50 and for all the others £35. Subscription cheques should be made payable to the British Society for the History of Medicine and sent to the BSHM's National Delegate to the International Society:
Geoffrey Davenport, 2A Stanley Gardens, Mitcham, Surrey CR4 2BS.
If subscribing please also see the membership page of the ISHM website, and fill in the online form linked from it. It may help subscribers and members to know that Vol XIV no 2 (December 2008) was despatched in February 2009.

All other correspondence for the International Society should be addressed to
Philippe ALBOU
Secrétaire général de la SIHM
13, cours Fleurus
18200 SAINT-AMAND-MONTROND
FRANCE
E-Mail : philippe.albou@wanadoo.fr

International meeting

An international congress is held every two years, and an international meeting in the years between congresses.

There will be an international meeting in Cyprus, 9-12 September 2009. See Cyprus meeting website The 2010 Congress will be in Cairo, Egypt, 10th to 13th October.

2008 Congress in Mexico

The 41st ISHM Congress was held in Mexico, September 7-12 2008

For information see notice of meeting (pdf file) from the International Society website and for more current information www.facmed.unam.mx/eventos/congresos/cihm/index.html from the organisers which has information on hotels, and links to pages in spanish, french, and english - see http://www.facmed.unam.mx/eventos/congresos/cihm/c_i.htmll

Information here (with some update from emails) includes:
Main Themes:

• Medicine in the American Continent
• Medicine in the XXth century second half
• Methodological proposals for research on History of Medicine
• History of therapeutics
• History of Medical Ethics
• Varia

Forms of presentation are Magisterial Conferences, Plenary Sessions, Symposia, Paper Presentations and Posters.

Information:
Departamento de Historia y Filosofía de la Medicina,
Brasil 33, México, 06020, D.F., México.
E-mail: cviesca@frontstage.org
Tel. y fax: 00525555299741
www.facmed.unam.mx/eventos/congreso/cihm

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This page by David Hawgood was amended 12 July 2009