Future history of medicine events
April 2026
History of Medicine Society of Wales
Friday 17 April 2026
Spring meeting
Imperial Hotel, Llandudno
Non-members welcome.
Hunterian Society
20 April 2026 19.00
Scientific Meeting and Council
From Gillies to Guinea Pigs – the story behind the WWII Maxillofacial Units, Andrew Brown, retired consultant maxillofacial surgeon,
Lettsom House 11 Chandos Street, Cavendish Square,, London, United Kingdom
https://www.hunteriansociety.org.uk/calendar/
Centre for Health Studies, Society of Apothecaries
21 April 2026, 18.30
Life science regulation and a history of antivaccination and vaccination, David Jeffreys, Master Apothecary, and Tony Cartwright, retired pharmaceutical regulatory consultant
Apothecaries’ Hall, Black Friars Lane, London EC4V 6EJ
https://www.apothecaries.org/events/event/cfhs-spring-lecture-2026/
Osler Club of London
23 April 2026, 19.00
Members’ papers evening
Royal College of Physicians of London, 1 St Andrews Place, Regent’s Park, London NW1 4LE
https://www.osler.org.uk/events/blog-post-four-hyyfe
Friends of Millbank
24 April 2026, 18.30
Jacques Lisfranc de Saint-Martin (1787-1847), A surgeon of the Napoleonic War, Adrian Thomas
Millbank, Chelsea College of Arts, 16 John Islip Street, London, SW1P 4JU and Zoom
https://www.friendsofmillbank.org/programme-2026/
Centre for Health Studies, Society of Apothecaries
25 April 2026, 10.00-15.30
History of Medicine Showcase: Medical culture in history, literature and film
Apothecaries’ Hall, Black Friars Lane, London EC4V 6EJ
https://www.apothecaries.org/events/category/cfhs-events
May 2026
Hunterian Society
7 May 2026
Walk and tour of Highgate Cemetery led by Richard Pusey and a specialist guide.
https://www.hunteriansociety.org.uk/calendar/
British Society for the History of Pharmacy
8-10 May 2026
Annual conference: Pharmacy Communities: Local & Global Perspectives
Royal Pharmaceutical Society, Edinburgh
https://www.bshp.org/post/annual-conference-2026
History of Medicine Society of the Royal Society of Medicine
13 May 2026, 17.30
Even Better than the Real Thing: A History of the Simulated Patient, Gayle Davis, Professor of the History of Medicine at the University of Edinburgh, and E is for the Environment – how Escherichia coli transformed into a sentinel for water and environmental health, Claas Kirchhelle, Research Professor at the National Institute of Medical Research (CERMES3), Paris.
Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole St, Marylebone, London, W1G 0AE
https://www.rsm.ac.uk/events/history-of-medicine/2025-26/hsu06/
Centre for Health Studies, Society of Apothecaries
15 May 2026, 18.30
Leslie Payne Memorial Lecture: Oceans and Battlefields: Trauma Care in Tomorrow’s War, Col Paul Parker and Surgeon Commander Jowan Penn Barwell
Society of Apothecaries, Apothecaries’ Hall, Black Friars Lane, London EC4V 6EJ
Hunterian Society
18 May 2026, 19.00
Scientific Meeting, AGM and Hunterian Prize presentations.
Lettsome House, 11 Chandos Street, London W1G 9DP
https://www.hunteriansociety.org.uk/calendar/
Royal College of Psychiatrists History Special Interest Group
20 May 2026, 12.50-17.15, online
Paradigms of the past
https://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/members/special-interest-groups/history-of-psychiatry/events
Lindsay Society for the History of Dentistry
28 May 2026, 19.30 online
What’s in a name? The legacy of René le Fort, Peter Dyer, President of the Society and Clinical Senior Lecturer in Oral Surgery at the University of Lancashire
https://lindsaysociety.co.uk/events/
Friends of Millbank
28 May 2026, 18.30
Vignettes from the former Royal Army Dental Corps, Quentin Anderson
All meetings at Chelsea College of Art, 16 John Islip St, London SW1P 4JU, and online unless otherwise stated.
https://www.friendsofmillbank.org/programme
Osler Club of London
28 May 2026, 19.00
Germs and Governance: the ‘rediscovery’ of hospital infection in Britain c. 1947-1970, Professor Marguerite Dupree, University of Oxford
Royal College of Physicians of London, 1 St Andrews Place, Regent’s Park, London NW1 4LE
https://www.osler.org.uk/events/blog-post-four-hyyfe
June 2026
Centre for Health Studies and Chelsea Physic Garden
Friday 26 June 2026
Visit: Unearthing Texts, Tonics and Trees:
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British Society for the History of Pharmacy
15 June 2026, 18.30-19.30, online
What’s in a name – College of Pharmacy or Pharmaceutical Society? Deciding what’s best for British Pharmacy 1841 to 202, Stuart Anderson, and Museum Reports: The changing role of the Museum at the Pharmaceutical Society, Pharmaceutical Historian Editor and Museum Manager, Royal Pharmaceutical Society, Catherine Walker. https://www.bshp.org/events
Scottish Society of the History of Medicine
Saturday 20 June 2026
Summer meeting, followed by the BSHM Poynter Lecture
University of St Andrews
History of Medicine Society of Wales
Friday 26 June 2026
Summer meeting
Osler Club of London
25 June 2026, 19.00
Knowledge, Networks and Influence – Osler, the Great War and Cerebrospinal Fever, Edward Wawrzynczak, writer, lecturer and researcher
Royal College of Physicians of London, 11 St Andrews Pl, London NW1 4LE
https://www.osler.org.uk/events/blog-post-four-hyyfe
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