THACKRAY MUSEUM EVENTS 2003 - 2004


Medical History Series V

Venue: Thackray Museum, Leeds

Cost:   whole series: £50.00 (£40.00 concessions)
Individual sessions: £10.00 (£8.00 concessions)

Approved for 12 hours of CME and PGEA

Saturday 4th October 2003, 10.00am-12.30pm

*       From Ancient to Modern Egypt - 5,000 years of the same diseases: Prof. Rosalie David (Prof. of Egyptology, Univ. of Manchester)

*       Penicillin - The Early Story. The start of the antibiotic era: Prof. Harold Ellis CBE (Emeritus Prof. of Surgery, Univ. of London)

Saturday 8th November 2003, 10.00am-12.30pm

*       "God and the Doctor We Alike Adore" Even Dr. Harold Shipman!: Prof. Michael Green (Emeritus Prof. of Forensic Med. Univ. of Sheffield)

*       An Epidemic of Epidemics SARS and HIV are recent ones: Dr. Stephen Green (Physician, Infectious Diseases, Sheffield)

Saturday 6th December 2003, 10.00am-12.30pm

*       The Weave of Life - Is Darwin the whole story?: Dr. Frank Ryan (Gastroenterologist and Author, Sheffield)

*       War Surgeon, Pioneer Heart Surgeon - Presented as a "Chat Show": Mr Geoffrey Wooler (Retired Surgeon, Leeds)

Saturday 10th January 2004, 10.00am-12.30pm

*       How British Women Became Doctors: Hard to believe medicine was once a male preserve!: Prof. Neil McIntyre (Emeritus Prof. of Medicine, Univ. of London)

*       Food - Past, Present and Imperfect: Taken very much for granted until recently!: Dr. Martin Eastwood (Retired Physician Gastroenterologist, Edinburgh)

Saturday 7th February 2004, 10.00am-12.30pm

*       Spas - Taking the Water Cure: Locally at Ben Rhydding and Harrogate: Prof. Michael Dixon (Emeritus Prof. of Pathology, Univ. of Leeds)

*       Unlocking the Mind - The History and nature of hypnotism: Miss Kate Losowsky (Licensed Hypnotherapist, London)

Saturday 13th March 2004, 10.00am - 12.30pm

*       The Royal Malady - Queen Victoria's Legacy: A History of haemophilia and related diseases: Prof. M. S. Losowsky (Emeritus Prof. of Medicine, Univ. of Leeds)

*       The Circulation of Blood - No-one fathomed it before William Harvey!: Mr Andrew Gregory (Lecturer, History of Science, Univ, of London)

MEDICAL HISTORY DAY SCHOOL

Saturday 8th May 2004, 10.30am - 4.30pm

*       Parasites, People & Peruvian Bark - Malaria in History!
        Venue: Thackray Museum
        Further details and costs available from the museum, November 2003


EVENING LECTURES AND EVENTS 2003 - 2004


Tuesday 6th November 2003,  7.00pm - 10.00pm
 
*       Viewing the Instruments (performance) - A unique collaboration by Dr Peter Isaacs, Philip Parr & Jane Wildgoose based on a recently rediscovered work by the French Baroque Composer Martin Marais, written to describe a bladder stone operation.

                Venue: St. James's Chapel, St. James's Hospital (next to Thackray Museum)
                Cost: £15.00 (£7.50 concessions) 
                Tickets: Contact Paul Stones on 0113 392 3941

Tuesday 6th November 2004, 12.30pm - 1.30pm

*       Viewing the instruments (pre-performance talk) - see performance details above.

Venue: Leeds City Art Gallery Lecture Theatre, The Headrow, Leeds
Cost: Free
Tickets: Contact Paul Stones on 0113 392 3941

Wednesday 12th November 2003,  7.30pm - 9.00pm

*       'In which we serve' - Hospitals in Leeds
Mr Roger Peel (Yorkshire Medical and Dental History Society)
        FREE

Tuesday 20th January 2004, 7.00pm - 9.00pm

*       Perceptions of Pain - lecture by Deborah Padfield, artist
Pain in the Past - a brief history of pain by Dr C Alvin

Admission free for Friends & YMDHS members
Others £2.50

Tuesday 25th March 2004, 7.00pm - 9.00pm

*       Picturing Medicine: Photographs from the National Collection by Russell Roberts, Senior Curator of Photography. National Museum of Photography, Film and Television

Admission free for Friends & YMDHS members
Others £2.50

Wednesday 21st April 2004, 7.00pm-9.30pm

        *       7.00pm-7.30pm   Friends AGM
                FRIENDS ONLY
        *       7.30pm - 9.30pm        Behind the Scenes - a tour at the Thackray Museum
Friends and YMDHS members only
        FREE



Wednesday 23rd June 2004, 7.00pm - 9.00pm

        *       Not just a bunch of Parsley - Traditional and unusual herbs for the garden and kitchen: By Sarah Clark of Green Garden Herbs

        *       Kitchen Physic - Remedies past and present: By Layinka Swinburn
Admission Free for Friends & YMDHS members
Others £2.50

Thursday 16th Sept 2004

        *       Visit to Temple Newsam
Details to be confirmed.
        FRIENDS ONLY




New Exhibition 2004

Perceptions of Pain

17th January 2004 - 16th April 2004

See the fascinating and inspiring results of the photographic work
of artist  Deborah Padfield. 'Perceptions of Pain' is a unique
collaboration with patients, dealing with chronic pain, using images
to express and communicate their feelings in photographic images.
Normal museum admission prices apply.



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