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Papworth 100

Edward Wawrzynczak — Sat, 12 May 2018 07:00:03 +0000

Royal Papworth Hospital is a leading cardiothoracic hospital and is best known for its trailblazing work in transplantation since performing the UK’s first successful heart transplant in 1979. However, Papworth has a long standing tradition of pioneering work since its inception as a tuberculosis colony, 100 years ago. At a time when 41,800 in the […]

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The Mesmerist: John Elliotson (1791-1868)

Edward Wawrzynczak — Fri, 05 May 2017 22:50:27 +0000

In 1837, when 19-year-old Queen Victoria ascended the British throne, medicine was a bleak and brutal business. Operations were performed without pain relief while the standard medical therapies were bloodletting, purging and dosing with toxic potions. But that summer a promising medical innovation crossed the Channel from Paris: mesmerism. Most of the British medical establishment […]

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Farewell Dr Finlay – repeat broadcast

Edward Wawrzynczak — Tue, 03 Jan 2017 18:55:55 +0000

Dr Finlay was a character based on a pre-NHS General Practitioner There is another opportunity to hear the BBC Radio 4, 2-part series ‘Farewell Dr Finlay’ which charts the history and development of General Practice from the surgeon-apothecaries of the 18th and 19th centuries to present day general practice. There are contributions from Martin Edwards […]

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Open House London

Edward Wawrzynczak — Sun, 04 Sep 2016 16:25:50 +0000

During the weekend of 17/18th September 2016 many private and public buildings in Greater London are open for viewing with free admission. These include several premises related to the history of medicine: The Royal College of Physicians (+herb garden) Apothecaries Hall The Royal College of GPs The Royal College of Nursing The College of Optometrists The Old […]

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Dr Isaac ‘Harry’ Gosset Collection

Edward Wawrzynczak — Sun, 05 Jun 2016 00:26:55 +0000

Future 20th century medical historians will lament that there is very little surviving United Kingdom archival material relating to the development of premature baby units and general paediatrics from the end of the Second World War to the mid 1960’s. ‘The Gosset Collection’ is an online repository of the life and work of Dr Isaac […]

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Master of Medical History of the Society of Apothecaries (MMHSA)

Edward Wawrzynczak — Tue, 24 May 2016 01:13:08 +0000

The Society of Apothecaries is planning to offer to a limited number of applicants each year the opportunity to work towards a Research Masters, namely Master of Medical History of the Society of Apothecaries (MMHSA). There is much still to be considered but the submission would consist of a dissertation and presentation of the subject […]

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