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BSHM Home Page - News 2004 front page and contents
[Below are links to reports in the BSHM 2004 News. We have a separate page of current contacts for Affiliated Societies]
DIARY DATES FOR 2004
Friday 24 to Sunday 26 September
Trip by Eurostar to Lille and a coach
visit to the Hôpital Notre-dame à la Rose at Lessines in Belgium.
Monday 18 October
Asia Body Mind and Spirit - An evening viewing of the exhibition
at the Brunei Gallery, School of Oriental and African Studies, Thornhaugh Street,
Russell Square, London WC1
Monday 29 November
Annual General Meeting and dinner to be held at the Medical Society of London,
11 Chandos Street, London, WC 1. The guest speaker will be Dr Nigel Allan.
Mrs Maria Ketley, 183, Euston Road, London NWI 2BE
Tel/voice mail 020 7611 8500
e-mail m.ketley@wellcome.ac.uk
[Note that as reported at the beginning of the newsletter, the Friends of the Wellcome Library has been dissolved, so the contact name above is not current. See the websites of The Wellcome Library for the History and Understanding of Medicine and The Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine at University College, London]
The Society is holding its third annual conference in Bristol on 24th and 25th September 2004. Enquiries should be sent to Professor Peter Dunn, University of Bristol Medical School, Southmead Hospital, Southmead Rd, Bristol BS10 5ND P.M.Dunn@Bristol.ac.uk
A highly informative film entitled How Medicines Were Made, produced by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain's museum in 2001, and recording some of the secrets of pharmacy's history, is now on sale to the public.
The film shows Peter Holman, retired pharmacist and one of the museum's volunteers, demonstrating various techniques including pill-making, producing cachets, and using a Brockedon press to make tablets.
Briony Hudson, the Society's keeper of the museum collections, said: 'Seeing some of the techniques involved in dispensing really brings the history of pharmacy to life. The museum has regularly used this film as part of lectures, alongside exhibitions and to illustrate some of the objects in its collections. With so many potential uses, it is great to be able to make it available to other people.'
The 15 minute film has been subtitled to increase its availability and flexibility of use. It is priced at £12.50 including postage. To obtain a copy, which is in VHS format, contact the museum on 020 7572 2210 or e-mail museum@rspgb.org.
The British Society for the History of Pharmacy (BSHP) was founded in 1967. It seeks to act as a focus for the development of all areas of the history of pharmacy from the ancient apothecary to today's ever-changing role of the community, hospital, wholesale and industrial pharmacist. The Society publishes research work and articles of medico-pharmaceutical interest in its quarterly journal the Pharmaceutical Historian. It holds meetings, an annual weekend conference, and organises visits to places of pharmaceutical interest.
The Society organised another full programme of events during 2003. There were three evening meetings held jointly with the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain at their Lambeth headquarters. In February Mr Tony Corley presented a paper entitled: 'From Patent Medicine Manufacturer to Pharmaceutical Company: The Transformation of Beechams 1924 to 1984', and in March Professor Virginia Berridge gave the Foundation Lecture entitled 'Intoxicating Vapours: Opium, Cannabis, and Tobacco in Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Britain'. In May Mr Neil Handley, curator of the British Optical Association, gave a talk on 'Chemist-opticians'.
The Society's 2003 Annual Spring Conference was held in April in Edinburgh. A number of papers were presented, including ones on 'teaching the history of pharmacy'by the president, Dr Stuart Anderson and an illustration of 'resources for teaching the history of pharmacy' by the honorary secretary, Mr Peter Homan. Dr Henri Silberman gave a talk on 'Tins, Tablets and Tussis' and Dr Walter Sneader one on 'the invention of aspirin: myth versus reality in drug discovery'. Members enjoyed a choice of conference excursions this year, including visits to the Royal Yacht Britannia, the Royal Museum of Scotland, and a walking tour of the Royal Mile in Edinburgh.
In July a group of members enjoyed a guided tour of the Museum of Garden History run by the Tradescent Trust in Lambeth, including a visit to the Tudor garden. In November a joint meeting was held with the Society of Apothecaries at Apothecaries Hall in London, at which Dr Michael Jepson gave a talk on the history of drug quality and safety entitled 'From Dioscorides to Derek Dunlop'.
Another full programme of events is planned for 2004. The Society's 2004 Annual Spring Conference will be held in Cambridge from Friday 2 to Sunday 4 April. The Foundation Lecture will be given on Wednesday 19 May 2004 at the Royal Pharmaceutical Society in London by Professor Ann Digby. It's title is 'GPs, patients, and bottles of medicine.'
The Society is delighted that The Pharmaceutical Press have agreed to the publication of a new book on the history of pharmacy, with the title 'Making Medicines: A Brief History of Pharmacy'. This is being edited by the president, Dr Stuart Anderson, and it is hoped that this will be available towards the end of 2004.
The committee is now well advanced with its detailed plans for the 2005 International Congress for the History of Pharmacy, to be held from Wednesday 22 to Saturday 25th June 2005 in Edinburgh. We look forward to welcoming as many colleagues from the British Society for the History of Medicine as possible to Edinburgh.
For membership details and a full programme of events contact Peter Homan, Tel: 01372-723001, email: peter.homan@lineone.net or visit the BSHP website at www.bshp.org
Report on the Activities for the Year 2003/2004
The Society has had an active year with a variety of activities. We set up and ran the Student Selected Components in the History of Medicine (SSC in HoM) for third year medical students at Queen's University Belfast. Prior to commencing these SSC in HoM we held two Medical Education Seminars for those members teaching in the modules. The first one in April concentrated on the preparation of the study guide, while the Seminar in September emphasised the type of supervision and assessment methods required for the dissertations. With self directed learning now a guiding principle, each student agreed a History of Medicine topic with the course coordinators and was then asked to have the dissertation of up to 8,000 words ready in the final week prior to the end of the twelve week module. In each of the two modules so far, sixteen students have successfully completed the course.
In November Sir Peter Froggatt gave the 2003 Professor Gary Love Lecture, to an appreciative audience on the subject of 'All Rounders and Aequanimitas: Terence John Millin (1903 1980), a remarkable Irish surgeon'. This was an entertaining and lively discourse on the. life of Terence Millin who was of local origin but who pioneered prostatic surgery in London just after World War 2. With further advances in prostatic surgery his procedure was superceded but by that time Terence Millin had moved to Dublin and had become a leading light there in the Royal College of Surgeons.
In April we held our first study day when we had two topics. Sean Clarke, PhD, who won the prize for the best dissertation in the Autumn SSC in History of Medicine spoke on the History of the Royal Army Medical Corps. Then Dr Robin Harland, the now retired Head of the Student Health Services at Queen's University, gave an extract from his PhD thesis - awarded in 2003 by Queen's on the History of Teaching in General Practice in Northern Ireland.. We are now finalising our plans for the current year. In November Professor Richard Clarke, now the Honorary Archivist at the Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast and author of many articles and books in the History of Medicine, has agreed to give the 2004 Professor Cary Love Lecture. Then our next SSC in History of Medicine will start in September and we again expect to have a study day in April.
Robert Montgomery
Meetings held this year: -
21 02 04 at the Postgraduate Centre, The Princess of Wales Hospital, Bridgend.
16 04 04 at Marsh's Library, Dublin.
26 06 04 at the National Library, Aberystwyth.
11 09 04 at the Bryn Howel Hotel, Llangollen.
30 10 04 at De Courcey's, Cardiff, AGM
Dr. Peter Lloyd Jones is the President this year. Dr. J Gwyn Thomas next year.
Dr David Powell is the President Elect for 2006.
Margaret R. Jones Acting Secretary.
The Society has continued to grow and we now have 36 members.
Since last year we have had two lecture suppers and a summer outing. The first of the lectures, on 31 Oct 2003, was entitled 'Glimpses from the History of Radiology' which was very ably delivered by our president Jean Guy. The second lecture supper on 20 February 2004 was entitled 'Satirical Medical Prints of the Eighteenth Century' and the speaker was Mr Neil Clayton, who was as amusing as his subject.
On Thursday 24 June 2004 five members went to the Wellcome Library. Before the visit the group had an excellent meal at Sardo's, an Italian Restaurant at 45 Grafton Way, WIT 5DQ. This put those present in excellent heart for the academic part of the exercise, which proved to be first rate. We were shown some fascinating volumes, including a 12th century leech book, some ancient pharmacopoeias, Astley Cooper's book on hernias, and works by Laennec, Broussais, and Bedingfield (who ran a medical school in Stowmarket in the nineteenth century).
For our autumn lecture supper we are planning to visit Cupola House in Bury St Edmunds. This has now been converted into a restaurant, but in the eighteenth century the building belonged to the prosperous apothecary, Thomas Macro. Dr Pat Murrell has done a great deal of research on Thomas Macro and provincial apothecaries in general and 1 am pleased to say that she has kindly agreed to lecture to us before we take supper in the new restaurant. It promises to be an enjoyable event.
Ted Cockayne, Hon. Sec.
Suffolk Medical History Society
This year's Winter meeting held on 31st January 2004 had two excellent speakers, Professor Alasdair Geddes, Emeritus Professor of Infection, University of Birmingham, who spoke on 'The Bugs of War' and Mr Jonathan Evans, Archivist of the Royal London Hospital, whose subject was 'Pathology at the London Hospital.'
The Summer Meeting to the Wellcome Museum of the History of Medicine at the Science Museum London on the 4th June was an excellent afternoon visit.
The AGM held on 13th March at the Institute of Biomedical Science was followed by a talk from Mr Philip Hoare, author, critic and curator, on 'The History of the Royal Victoria Hospital Netley.'
There will be no Winter Meeting in 2005, greater attention being given to an extended programme around the AGM, normally held in March. The Summer Meeting will also have a change to its style and content.
The Autumn Meeting will be the 8th Baron von Liebig Lecture, to be held at the Royal Society of Medicine on Friday 10th September 2004 at 2.30pm. The speaker, Mrs Helen Saul, Scientific Journalist and Broadcaster, will present 'Trends in Cancer Research 19th to 21st centuries.' Attendance is free but please let Dr Eric Bridson at 3, Bellever Hill, Camberley, Surrey GUI5 2HB for an admission ticket if you wish to attend.
John R Foster, Programme Co-ordinator, 19 Ufton Close, Shirley, Solihull, B90 3SB
e-mail: johnnus@blueyonder.co.uk
At the Annual General Meeting in November Dr J.S.G.Blair was elected an Honorary Member. Dr A.Seaton discussed Occupational Lung Disease and Dr A.R. Butler spoke about Playfair and Jenner. In March at Glasgow Professor M. Kauffman related the history of Medical Education in 18th and 19th Century Edinburgh and Mr R. Miller described the history of vocalisation and mechanism of the vocal cords. The Haldane Tait lecture on 'A History of Bioterrorism' was delivered by Professor Alasdair Geddes. The last meeting of the session was in St Andrews. Dr Angela Mountford described the history of the Friars in relation to healing and Professor H.MacDougall presented the history of Oncology.
Dr Bryan Ashworth, president-elect
President - Dr.Peter Morris
Immediate Past President - Dr Adrian Padfield
Honorary Secretary - Dr Anne Florence
Assistant Secretary - Dr Neil Adams
Honorary Editor - Dr Peter Drury
Membership Secretary/Treasurer - Dr John Pring
Officers
Chairman Professor lan Isherwood
Honorary Secretary and Journal Editor Dr Adrian M.K.Thomas
Honorary Treasurer Mr Grahame Mountford
The Society continues to produce its Journal 'The Invisible Light' (ISSN 1479-6953 online) and it has articles and features of the highest interest and quality.
The RHHCT web site is: www.rhhct.org.uk
Chairman - Stanley Gelbier
Secretary - Stuart Robson
Treasurer - Peter Frost
Editor - Geoff Garnett
Committee - Rufus Ross, Michael Trenouth, John Craig
We had a successful Lilian Lindsay Memorial lecture at the BDA annual conference at Bournemouth, entitled 'An American Landmark: Dr. G.V.Black.' The prestigious golden medal was presented to the speaker Professor Hannilore Loevy who is editor of the Journal of History of Dentistry and who also has the Chair of Paediatric Dentistry in Chicago.
Dr Black had a substantial influence in dentistry and his methods of cutting cavities in teeth were taught up to a generation ago.
Our journal the Dental Historian is expected out shortly. Our annual conference is on the 2nd & 3rd of October 2004 at the Monkbar Hotel York. The lecture programme is on the mornings of the two days and on the Saturday afternoon will be a visit to one of the historical treasures of the city. The day will finish with our traditional dinner which is to be held in one of the medieval rooms near the hotel.
If any one wishes to attend our conference they should contact me
I will distribute copies of the BSHM newsletter to our members in the usual way.
Peter M Frost, 178 Peckham Rye, London, SE22 9QA
telephone: 020 8693 4001 email: pfdrymouth@aol.com
What was to turn out to be an excellent series of lectures began on the 6th Nov 2003. Dr. Adrian Thomas described in meticulous detail, and clearly after a great deal of research, the life of Marie Curie. She was born in Warsaw where her father was a physicist. She studied medicine in Paris and when she qualified she was top of her class. She married Pierre Curie in 1895 and together they discovered radium and polonium in 1903, for which they both received a Nobel prize. Pierre died only three years later and Marie succeeded her husband as Director of Physics at the Faculty of Science in Paris. In 1911 she was awarded a second Nobel prize, this time in Chemistry. She died in 1934 from pneumonia caused by aplastic anaemia, the result of her previous exposure to radiation. She was a truly remarkable lady.
On 4th Dee 2003, Dr. Trevor Hughes gave us a splendid insight into the life of Sir Hugh Cairns, whose pioneer work in neurosurgery made him a world-renowned figure. His father, a carpenter and builder in Adelaide, together with his wife, both survived their son who was struck down by abdominal cancer at the early age of 56 in 1952. He qualified as a doctor in 1917 and served as a private in the Australian army at Gallipoli and later in France. In 1919 he entered Balliol College, Oxford as a Rhodes scholar and rowed against Cambridge the following year. During his post-graduate training he was inspired by Harvey Cushing, turned to neurosurgery and was subsequently elected to the staff of the London Hospital.
His heart, however, was in Oxford and he was delighted when in 1937, at the age of 41, he was invited to create a school of neurosurgery at the Radeliffe Infirmary, where he combined research and teaching. Early in World War II he introduced crash helmets and leg shields for motor cyclists this undoubtedly saved many lives of army dispatch riders and is considered by many to be his greatest achievement. He was also instrumental in planning nine mobile army neurosurgical units. He appeared to be endowed with perpetual youth and he radiated encouragement and energy. In 1957, a year after his death, Oxford University established a fund for neurological research in his memory.
On the 8th January 2004, the president, Mr. Raymond Hurt, delivered his presidential address entitled '"Mirabile dictu" a late surgical specialty and its shrinking future'. The development of thoracic surgery was described, from its surprisingly early beginnings in the time of Hippocrates, who was able not only to diagnose but also to treat an empyema. The introduction of percussion and auscultation of the chest by Auenbrugger and Laennec respectively was described, discoveries which led to Paris, rather than Vienna, becoming the major European centre for medicine in the early 19th century. However, thoracic surgery did not really develop until the early 20th century, mainly because of the fear of collapse of the lung when the chest was opened. This problem was solved by the use of the cuffed endotracheal tube and intermittent positive pressure ventilation. The first disease to be treated was tuberculosis, the collapse therapy of which was pioneered by Sauerbruch in Berlin after World War 1. The introduction of streptomycin after World War II enabled this disease to be treated by resection. After World War II there was also an explosive development of operations to treat congenital and acquired heart disease, culminating in heart transplantation from 1960 onwards.
What of the future for thoracic surgery - whither or wither? Many congenital and acquired heart conditions can now be treated by interventional cardiologists. Oesophageal surgery is rapidly being lost to the general surgeons and cancer of the lung may well be treated by non-surgical measures. Thoracic trauma will always be with us and heart and lung transplant surgery will flourish. Truly we live in interesting times!
On 5th February 2004 we had a lecture from Mr. Peter Thompson, somewhat enigmatically, 'Let us spray'! - and this was carried out for half an hour before each operation. This was Joseph Lister's great contribution to surgery, to such an extent that its history can be divided into two epochs - before Lister and after Lister. The success of this carbolic spray was so impressive that in 1867 he was able to publish his series of 11 cases of compound fracture, with 9 recoveries of life and limb, one amputation and one death. Previous to this series there would have been a 50% mortality from this injury without any operation. Mr Thompson then presented a fascinating biographical sketch of Lord Lister's life. He qualified as a doctor from University College Hospital, London and then was advised to go to Edinburgh for higher surgical training under Professor Syme, the leading surgeon in Europe at that time, whose daughter he subsequently married. After an appointment in Glasgow Royal Infirmary, where he made his landmark discovery, he succeeded Professor Syme in the Chair in Edinburgh. In 1877 he was invited to become surgical Professor at King's College, Hospital, London, in a city where his antiseptic doctrine had not been accepted, although it had been in almost every part of the world. He brought with him his entire surgical team, one of whom was Watson Cheyne. His reception in London was somewhat chilly but reluctantly his antiseptic technique was eventually accepted. His wife died in 1893 whilst they were on holiday in Italy. Lord Lister himself died in 1912 at his country home in Walmer, Kent at the age of 85.
The lecture on the 8th April 2004 was a thought-provoking, philosophical, and erudite Lecture entitled 'Faces and Names' and was given by Dr Christopher Gardner-Thorpe. It could be described as a lighthearted Lecture, - so light-hearted, that it was really impossible to summarise. After mentioning Broca and his work on the brain and how it recognises facial appearance he described neurologists as ancestor worshippers! He included medical autobiography and treatments in his lecture and concluded by describing the work of Charles Bell, both medical and artistic. His lecture also included innumerable quotations from past medical historians.
Two papers were presented on the members'papers evening on May 6th. Dr. Tom Venables described the life of Dr Macklin, the doctor who accompanied Shackleton on his momentous trans-aretic expedition in 1914. His ship, the Endeavour, sailed to the Weddell Sea but became trapped in ice for 51/2 months, drifting slowly northwards until it reached Elephant island, one of the South Shetlands, where it was later crushed by the ice and sank. Shackleton then left with five men in a 20 foot lifeboat for South Georgia 800 miles away, which they reached 14 days later. The remainder of the expedition lived in an upturned lifeboat for eight months until rescued. Macklin later went to North Russia and then returned to Aberdeen where he remained until 1939. When aged 76 he worked as a house surgeon to a 35 year old consultant and he finally retired in 1960.
Dr. John Ward then described the life of John Arbuthnot, who died in 1735 and who was described by Johnson as being a universal genius, an excellent physician, a man of deep learning and a man of humour. After graduation in Aberdeen he moved south to London to teach English for nine years, following which he read medicine at St. Andrews University. He then returned to London, and in 1705 he was appointed Physician Extraordinary to Queen Anne. In 1710 he read a paper to the Royal Society in which he discussed the slight excess of male births over female births, perhaps the first application of probability to social statistics. He later published two books in which he proposed that diet might well do as much good as medicine.
(A paper by Harvey White on Robert Balthorpe, Sergeant Surgeon to Queen Elizabeth, was not given due to an unexpected illness of the speaker).
The Annual Oration and Banquet were held on 15th July 2004 at the Royal College of Physicians. The Orator was Professor Neil Mclntyre who gave an address entitled 'Lest we forget', which comprised a fascinating and detailed history of the Osler Club, beautifully illustrated by photographs and mini-biographies of the personalities concerned. The Club was founded in 1928 by Dr. Alfred White Franklin and regular meetings were held in London. Like its founder many of the senior members were associated with St. Bartholomew's Hospital - Dr Robb-Smith (pathologist), Mr. Jackson Burrows (orthopaedic surgeon), Mr. (Later Sir) Geoffrey Keynes (surgeon), Sir D'Arcy Power (surgeon) and John Thornton (Librarian). In 1936 a fire ravaged Dr Franklin's house in Wimpole Street (in which his mother died) and for the next two years there were only three meetings.
The Club was reborn after World War II in 1947 and from 1965 to about 1975 provincial meetings were also held. The structure of the meetings was radically changed by Dr Geraint James in 1950; a medal was designed and worn for the first time by the then President Mr. Dickson Wright. In 1965 Dr Thomas Cotton, an eminent Canadian cardiologist bequeathed a large sum of money to the College in return for a room in the College being allocated to house the Library and archives of the Osler Club. A Club Tie was designed by Ruth Ward in 1994.
Dr. David Green Hon Sec
Minutes of the meetings provided by Mr. Raymond Hurt President
July 20th 2004
The Trinity term report arrived at the editor's home after being sent to the 'other' Perth in Western Australia
Sir John Hanson, the Warden, reports that since May of this year locals and visitors have been able to see the results of the first year's work on conservation of the Radcliffe Observatory. He writes: 'The scaffolding and shrouds have been removed from the Tower of Winds and it has emerged resplendent. Rossi's stone carvings of the winds stand out sharp and clean. The gilded lines on the globe gleam in the evening sun. From almost every vantage point in Oxford, the Tower has to be seen on the skyline.' Work is continuing but as always more money has still to be raised to complete the project.
Sir Richard Doll was awarded the Shaw Prize for 2004. Sir Richard was Green College's founder Warden. The recent College News gives an account of the history of the tobacco story, as well as news of staff and events there.
For Medical Records of 1939-45 Scotland has been a specially significant area for the work of the Centre in rescuing personal experience materials for the public domain. In several research journeys over the last twelve months the Director, Dr Peter Liddle, tape-recorded former regimental medical officers and severely injured servicemen, in some cases collecting wartime documentation relating to their experience. Dr lan Campbell who landed with No 2 Field Dressing Station, RAMC, on D-Day and whose superb D-Day photographs add distinction to Peter Liddle's new book 'D-Day By Those Who Were There' generously organised for the Centre a richly rewarding journey this July in Edinburgh when several of his friends trawled effectively through their memories, on interrogation, to enhance the Centre's oral holdings:
Professor John Forfar made a riveting recording which again centred upon D-Day when he was the Medical Officer for 47 Royal Marine Commando, Professor John Strong actually establishing from virtually nothing two Field Hospitals in Assam in the face of the Japanese advance, Dr John Smith in key RAMC administrative roles during the war, Dr Alec Keay who after escape and remarkably successful evasion in Italy reached Switzerland and actually began his medical studies at Lausanne University and Archic Rennie [in Elie in Fife] who was engaged towards the end of the war in research against German pressure mines, all played a part in lan Campbell's plans.
Earlier in the year, in Edinburgh again, Sir John Crofton's geographically wide-ranging RAMC service initially with the BEF in 1940 but later taking him to the Middle East, Greece, Eritrea, Malta, Normandy and North West Europe was recorded as were the memories and inspiring philosophy of life of Andrew Scroggie, blinded and losing a leg to a mine in Italy.
It has to be said that not all the medical material rescued was from North of the Border; very striking 'operations in the field' photographs were sent by Dr Eric Godwin from Sussex, Eric Pereira delivered to the Centre superb papers of his Doctor father's incarceration in Changi as a Far East Prisoner of War. From the Home Counties came unusual material on the wartime blood supply to South London [Professor P L Mollison]. Professor John Watson deposited as excellent memoir of service as an RAF Medical Officer in India and Burma, and there were many such generous deposits.
Regrettably publication of the fruit of some-of this material, that of the recall of three distinguished surgeons, John Belcher from London, Geoffrey Wooler from Leeds, and John Gillingham from Edinburgh, has not been possible through the vehicle of the British Medical Association's Journal for Post-Graduate Medicine. The appointed 'Readers' for this journal doubt the validity of oral testimony as to a source of evidence for the examination of the past but no doubt, in time, the 21st Century will break in upon the realm of such thinking.
Dr P H Lidle FRHistS Director
The membership of the Society now numbers over 80. Our events are promoted with those of the Thackray Museum in Leeds, with which we enjoy a close association, holding our meetings in their well-appointed conference facilities. Their programme of Saturday morning events, the events organised by the Friends of the Thackray Museum and those by ourselves provide a wide range of topics related to medical history which aim to meet the interests of a wide audience, ranging from medical professionals to the interested lay person. Our meetings are open to non-members.
The chairman of the Society is Dr Colin Toothill, a retired Chemical Pathologist of the University of Leeds, who succeeded Dr lan Cameron, who came to the end of his three year term of office at the end of 2003.
FEBRUARY
The year's programme began with medical student presentations derived from their
third year studies in SSC, Specially Selected Components, during which a few take
the opportunity to spend the time allotted in studying medical history, history of
science or a topic in medicine and the arts. This year's presentations were on
Paedotrophia - a 16th century didactic poem on childrearing - Lindsay White
The Depiction of Ill-health in Art - Caroline Smith
The Leeds BMA Meeting of 1868 - Elizabeth Husband
MARCH
Michael Crumplin, Hon Consultant Surgeon at Wrexham Maelor Hospital spoke graphically
on the Surgery at the Time of Waterloo accompanying the lecture with a superb
exhibition of material relating to medical and military matters.
APRIL
A joint event with the Friends of the Thackray Museum provided the opportunity to
go Behind the Scenes at the Museum.
MAY
A collection of glass slides from the early years of the twentieth century was the
basis of an insight into life in the General Infirmary at Leeds and related locations
in Leeds.. Our largest audience of the year, at over 100, was attracted by the
presentation Through a Glass Darkly, by Emeritus Professor Mike Green, who presented
the collection using a contemporary epidiascope, and was entertained in his
inimitable way.
JUNE
Professor John Barnard, Erneritus Professor of English Literature at Leeds and
scholar of the Romantic poets spoke on the links, as medical students at Guys,
between the poet John Keats and Charles Turner Thackrah, anatomist, physician and
founder of the Leeds School of Medicine in 1832.
JULY
Mr Mohannad AI-Fallouji FRCS provided a detailed and profusely illustrated account of
The Arabic Influence on European Medicine, a subject possibly little understood
in Britain.
To come during the remainder of the year are:
Tuesday 14 September: Henry Power of Halifax - A seventeenth century physician
and scientist.
Dr Trevor Hughes MD, Emeritus Fellow of Green College, University of Oxford
Monday 18 October: AGM and members' short papers
Thursday 18 November: From Orthodox to Complementary - The Fall and Rise of Massage. Professor Len Goldstone, Visiting Professor of Health Sciences Research,
London South Bank University
All events take place at the Thackray Medical Museum, Beckett Street Leeds and start at 7.30 p.m., and we will be pleased to welcome members from other societies at our events. For full details of our events please see the Society's website at www.leeds.ac.uk/ymdhs
WK.Mathie.
The Society was founded in 1996 and is open to all with an interest in medical, surgical, pharmaceutical, and dental instruments and equipment. Its President is Mr John Kirkup.
Activities of the Society include twice yearly meetings at various venues in the UK. Meetings consist of discussion papers, equipment identification sessions and visits to local medical museums. We publish two bulletins each year.
The Society's autumn meeting of 2003 was held at the Charnley Institute at the Wrightington Hospital, Wigan. The spring meeting of 2004 was held at the Glenside Museum of Psychiatry in Bristol. The Society's autumn meeting is to be held on 16th October 2004 at Manchester.
For membership application forms or for further information please contact: Dr Tim Smith, Honorary Secretary tel: 01249 782218. E-mail drtgcsmith@aol.com
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