Coming history of medicine events

October 2026

Croydon Medical Society

Wednesday 11 November, 19.15 pm supper, talk starts at 20.00

Doctor of Revolution: The Life and Genius of Dr Erasmus Darwin, Nick Cambridge, followed by 

Dessert Islands Discs event. 

The Scout Hut HQ: Farm Fields, Sanderstead, Surrey, CR2 0HQ

https://www.croydonmedicalsociety.co.uk/events/ 

Scottish Society of the History of Medicine

Saturday, 14 November, 11.40-16.55

Autumn meeting including AGM 

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, Alcohol – our favourite drug, Prof Sir Ian Gilmore 

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 

Centre for Health Studies, Society of Apothecaries

Tuesday, 24 November 2026 18:30 pm – 21:30 pm

Sydney Selwyn & Osler Lectures: Kristina Parkinson on AI in Psychiatry and Daryl Godden on PTSD in Bomber Command

Apothecaries’ Hall, Black Friars Lane, London EC4V 6EJ

https://www.apothecaries.org/events/category/cfhs-events/

 

 

More events coming! 

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