Future history of medicine events
September 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 Veterinary History Society
Monday, 14 September, from 10.00
Academic meeting, museum visit and AGM
Starting from the Museum of Anaesthesia, 21 Portland Place, London W1B 1PY and then BVA Headquarters, 7 Mansfield St., London W1G 9NQ https://thevhs.uk/annual-general-meeting/
Centre for Health Studies, Society of Apothecaries
16 September, 18.30-21.30, dinner
Keats Lecture: Templars, Hospitallers and Crusader Medical Care, Dominic Selwood, and Flavell Lecture: The Many Lives of the Medieval Wound Man, Dr Jack Hartnell
Centre for Health Studies, Society of Apothecaries
28 September, 12.30-16.30
Shakespeare and Medicine: Talks and Q&A from Caroline Burgon (University of Birmingham), Kaara Peterson (University of Miami), and Sarah Dustagheer (University of Kent).
British Society for the History of Medicine
29 September, 15.30-17.30, online link to be sent to affiliates and members
Officers’ and Representatives’ Meeting and AGM
Contact: BSHM Secretary
October 2026
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/
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
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
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/
More events coming!
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BSHM does not organise these events. Please check the official websites to confirm the date, time and location of the events listed and for any queries.