Sydenham Lecture Nov 2015 Posted on -24th November 2015 The Sydenham lecture founded in 1960, was named in honour of Thomas Sydenham, the great seventeenth century clinician who was known throughout Europe as the “English Hippocrates”. It is usually on a clinical subject. Lecturer: The Rt Hon Lord Owen Lecture title: “White Coat and Purple Coat – Medicine and Politics” (left to right) Lord Owen and Dr Tina Matthews The Hall prior to the lecture The Court (left to right) AVM Aroop Mozumder, Professor Rodney Taylor, Dr Roy Palmer (Master), Lord Owen, Dr Robert Bethel, Dr Tina Matthews (President), Jonathan Holliday, Dr Derek Adams, Charles Mackworth-Young and John Moore-Gillon.