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Centre for the History of Medicine and Disease Wolfson Research Institute University of Durham, Queen’s Campus, Stockton RESEARCH SEMINARS Michaelmas Term 2002 Thursday, 10 October 2002: Lyn Brierly-Jones (Dept. of Sociology & Social Policy, University of Durham): “An Alternative Orthodoxy? Homoeopathic Medical Science 1880-1920” Location: Dept. of Philosophy (50/51 Old Elvet, Durham), Common Room Time: 11.00 a.m. – 1.00 p.m. JOINT SEMINAR WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY Thursday, 24 October 2002: Michael Whong-Barr (Dept. of Sociology & Social Policy, University of Newcastle upon Tyne): “The history of Biobank UK: The politics and ethics of building a genetic database” Location: Wolfson Research Institute, Seminar Room F009 Time: 5.00 p.m. – 6.30 p.m. Thursday, 21 November 2002: Dr Steve Sturdy (Science Studies Unit, University of Edinburgh): “Research programmes vs. case studies: clinical science in London and Edinburgh c. 1900-1920” Location: Dept. of Philosophy (50/51 Old Elvet, Durham), Common Room Time: 11.00 a.m. – 1.00 p.m. JOINT SEMINAR WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY Thursday, 12 December 2002: Prof. Holger Maehle (Dept. of Philosophy, University of Durham): “Nerves, muscles and poisons: The origins of the drug receptor theory in the research of John Newport Langley (1852-1925)” Location: Wolfson Research Institute, Seminar Room F009 Time: 5.00 p.m. – 6.30 p.m. ALL WELCOME! For further information please e-mail: [log in to unmask] or visit the Centre website http://www.dur.ac.uk/wolfson.institute/hmd.htm -- M. D. Eddy Editor, Philosophical Writings; HPSM/NES Network Director. University of Durham, Department of Philosophy, 50 Old Elvet, Durham, DH1 3HN UK; Tel: (44) 191 374 7641 -OR- St. John's College, 3 South Bailey, Durham, DH1 3HN UK; Voicemail: (44) 191 374 3575. http://www.dur.ac.uk/m.d.eddy/ NB: Diagnosed Dyslexic.