Future history of medicine events
October 2026
Friends of Millbank
Friday, 2 October, 17.30 refreshments, talk at 18.30, in person and online
Icarus – the first air accident investigation, Alex Hurley
Chelsea College of Arts, 16 John Islip Street London SW19 4JU https://www.friendsofmillbank.org/
(Photo: Icarus, Fleet Air Arm Memorial, Westminster, London)
The Lyndsay Society (dental history)
Friday 2 October – Sunday 4 October
Annual weekend conference
Lancaster House Hotel, Green Lane, Bailrigg, Lancaster LA1 4G https://lindsaysociety.co.uk/events/
West Sussex History of Medicine Society
Saturday, 10 October, 10.00-12.00
The Doctor Brian Owen-Smith Memorial Lecture, Sir Thomas Browne (1605-1682), a 17th century physician’s reflections on science and theology, Prof Ken Shaw, and The early days of obstetric anaesthesia, Emily Stone. (Painting: Sir Thomas Browne)
St Paul’s Church, Churchside, Chichester PO19 6FT https://wshoms.co.uk/
Croydon Medical Society
Wednesday 14 October, 19.15 supper, talk at 20.00
Where genomics is going to take us in the next few years/decades, Katie Snape
The Scout Hut HQ: Farm Fields, Sanderstead, Surrey, CR2 0HQ
https://www.croydonmedicalsociety.co.uk/events
Osler Club of London
Thursday 15 October 2026: 19.00, drinks reception from 18.30
Forgotten but not lost: Janet Vaughan, 20th century medical pioneer, Sheena Evans,
Royal College of Physicians of London, 11 St Andrews Pl, London NW1 4LE
https://www.osler.org.uk/events/blog-post-four-hyyfe
British Society for the History of Pharmacy
Monday 19 October 2026, 18.30-19.30, online
A Narrative of Reiteration and Repetition: medicinal plants, nationhood, and the postwar Philippines, Kathleen Cruz Gutierrez
Free to attend https://www.bshp.org/lectuer-sign-up
Hunterian Society
Monday 19 October 2026, council meeting 18.00, dinner 19.00
Scientific dinner meeting, Social justice and health equity, Prof Sir Michael Marmot
Lettsome House, 11 Chandos Street, London W1G 9EB https://www.hunteriansociety.org.uk/
RSM History of Medicine Society
Wednesday 21 October 2026, 17-30
Retrospective diagnosis: medicine, art and the history of the human head, Prof Nadey Hakim and Dr Nick Summerton
https://www.rsm.ac.uk/sections/history-of-medicine-society
West Sussex History of Medicine Society
Saturday 24 October, 10.00-12.00
Surgery at St Thomas’s Hospital, the first 800 years, Martin Thomas, and Homeopathy in Bromley, the Phillips Memorial Homeopathic Hospital, Adrian Thomas
St Paul’s Church, Churchside, Chichester PO19 6FT https://wshoms.co.uk/
Centre for Health Studies, Society of Apothecaries
Tuesday, 27 October, 18.30-21.30 (dinner)
John Locke Lecture: Hate in Healthcare: from Freud to the Frontline, Prof Graham Easton, and Sydenham Lecture: Why are doctors so miserable? Prof Clare Gerada
Friends of Millbank
Friday, 30 October, 17.30 refreshments, talk at 18.30, in person and online
Echoes of Captivity, Louise Reynolds
Chelsea College of Arts, 16 John Islip Street London SW19 4JU https://www.friendsofmillbank.org/
History of Medicine Society of Wales
Friday 30 October, 10.30-16.45
Autumn Meeting
Manor Parc Hotel, Thornhill Road, Thornhill CT14 9UA (Cardiff) https://homsw.org.uk/events/
November 2026
West Sussex History of Medicine Society
Saturday 7 November, 10.00-12.00
Africanus Horton, Army Medical Dept.
Dr James Africanus Beale Horton 1835-1883: Perspiration and Inspiration: the British Army’s First African Medical Officer, Prof John Richardson, and It Turned Us Yellow All Over: Health Care Provision for Munitions Workers during WW1, Prof Claire Chatterton
St Paul’s Church, Churchside, Chichester PO19 6FT, www.wshoms.co.uk
Scottish Society of the History of Medicine
Saturday, 14 November, 11.40-16.55
Autumn Meeting including AGM
We welcome as guests members of the Royal College of Psychiatrists History of Psychiatry Special Interest Group (HOPSIG).
Royal Scots Club, 29 Abercromby Place (central Edinburgh) EH3 6QE
https://www.sshm.co.uk/meetings
Hunterian Society
Monday, 16 November, dinner 19.00
Hunterian Oration, Prof Sir Ian Gilmore, Alcohol – our favourite drug
Lettsome House, 11 Chandos Street, London W1G 9EB https://www.hunteriansociety.org.uk/
West Sussex History of Medicine Society
Saturday, 21 November, 10.00-12.00
William Osler, the Great Medical Internationalist, John Ward, and History of General Practice – in eight generations, Stephen Gillam
St Paul’s Church, Churchside, Chichester PO19 6FT, www.wshoms.co.uk
More events coming!
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