For centuries, medicine was little better than witchcraft. This changed when clinical practice became based on scientific evidence. In this talk, Samer Nashef traces these developments, how they came about and their massive impact on patient safety, dealing with the power of transparency and how to avoid its pitfalls.

Monckton Copeman Lecture Lecture flier – click here Lecture information – click here Speakers: Dr Simon Thurley Title: From Powerhouse to Playhouse: London Blackfriars at the heart of the nation 6pm – 7pm Lecture Members – £5.00 Non-Members – £10.00 Students free (email facultyhp@apothecaries.org) Lecture & supper (optional) including wine and soft drinks Full rate – […]

The related fields of public health ethics and law have been of rapidly-increasing prominence within bioethics across the past two decades. At their heart is the question what makes health public?;

Alexander shall touch on major controversies in our understanding of the circulation and heart disease. This progress has sometimes taken place in an atmosphere of turmoil and antagonism.

In this talk, Professor Anna Marie Roos will characterise what (al)chymical practice was like in Cambridge at this time, and why it became a subject of intense interest.

The Faculty is hosting its inaugural Black-Tie Dinner open to members only and their guests. – Click here to book.