Events Programme Online Magazine 2023-2024 1st September 2022 – 31st August 2023 Categories: Apothecaries Events, Faculty events, Faculty Events & Lecture Series, Friends of the Archives Events, Livery Committee Events The 2023-2024 events programme online magazine has arrived.
Silent Language presented by Professor Andrew Lees 3rd October 2023 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm Venue: Society of Apothecaries Categories: Faculty Events & Lecture Series This lecture is open to everyone. You may attend the lecture and drinks and/or supper.
World Mental Health Day Symposium 10th October 2023 1:45 pm – 5:30 pm Venue: Society of Apothecaries Categories: Faculty events, Faculty Events & Lecture Series The Academic Department of the Worshipful Society of Apothecaries is hosting a thought-provoking half-day symposium for World Mental Health Day. The event explores the effect of incidents, disasters, and outbreaks on those directly affected or involved, such as the impact of COVID-19 on health professionals.
No health without mental health: psychosocial & mental health care in conflict & catastrophes 10th October 2023 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm Venue: Society of Apothecaries Categories: Faculty Events & Lecture Series Speaker: Professor Richard Williams OBE TD People’s experiences of emergencies, disasters, conflict, and disease outbreaks cover a huge spectrum of circumstances, events, and situations. They range in severity from mild to very severe. The Manchester Arena bombing showed that distress in physically uninjured survivors was universal and may last longer than thought before. Richard says, […]
Keats Memorial Lecture 2023: ‘A waking Dream’: John Ferriar, Keats, and Medical Re-enchantment 26th October 2023 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm Venue: Guy's Chapel Categories: Faculty Events & Lecture Series The Keats Lecture was established in 1968 in rotation with King’s College London and The Worshipful Society of Apothecaries.
Overdiagnosis and the ethics of medical sponsorship 3rd November 2023 9:30 am – 4:30 pm Categories: Faculty Events & Lecture Series Image credit: https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28640780_0004.jp2/full/760%2C/0/default.jpg Licence: Public Domain Mark Credit: Beecham’s music portfolio. No. 23, Hearts of oak. Wellcome Collection. This meeting is open to Fellow members and Non-Fellows members. If you would like to know about Fellows’ membership, please click here. Cost to attend in-person: £50.00 Cost to attend online: £15.00 Limited Fellows free places Timetable: 0930-1010 registration […]
How much syphilis is too much? The Melbourne Experiment of 1910 by Dr Meredith Temple-Smith on Zoom 7th November 2023 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Categories: Faculty Events & Lecture Series The winner of the ‘Best Test Lecture’ in the Diploma in the History of Medicine is Meredith Temple-Smith. Time: 12pm BST / 9pm Melbourne, Vic Australia. A century after congenital syphilis caused major panic among health authorities in Australia, it has re-emerged as a serious public health concern. The discovery of the cause of syphilis […]
Should your GP help you give one of your kidneys to a stranger? 7th November 2023 6:00 pm – 7:15 pm Categories: Faculty Events & Lecture Series This lecture is open to everyone. You may attend the lecture and drinks and/or supper.
Priests, Plagues and Patients: 900 Years of Hospital Care in the City of London 27th November 2023 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm Venue: Society of Apothecaries Categories: Faculty Events & Lecture Series St Bartholomew’s Hospital has been providing free hospital care for the sick and needy of London throughout its long history, and this year celebrates 900 years since its foundation by Rahere the monk in 1123.
The ubiquitous Mr Burroughs and the origins of Big Pharma 6th February 2024 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm Venue: Society of Apothecaries Categories: Faculty Events & Lecture Series Silas Burroughs (1846-1895) was the originator and dominant partner of one of Britain’s most successful pharmaceutical companies, Burroughs Wellcome and Co.
