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Submitted by Prof. Harold Cook, [log in to unmask] The Booth Lecture 'AIDS Relief and Global Biomedicine Today: The Re-emergence of a Military-Therapeutic Complex in Africa?' Dr Vinh-Kim Nguyen Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Montreal Wednesday 29 November 2006, 17.30, followed by a reception Lecture Room, 210 Euston Road, London NW1 2BE Attendance is free but by ticket only and you are advised to register no later than Monday 20 November. To request a ticket/tickets, please send a stamped addressed envelope, clearly marked 'Booth Lecture', to: Carol Bowen Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine at UCL 210 Euston Road London NW1 2BE The Booth Lecture has been inaugurated to acknowledge the important contributions to the history of medicine made by medical practitioners, and will alternate with the Centre's Kass Lecture (which promotes Anglo-American cooperation in the history of medicine). It is named in honour of Sir Christopher Booth, an Honorary Professor of UCL and valued member of the Centre, who has been a champion for the highest standards of research publication in the subject no matter what the formal qualifications of the author. Among his many services to medicine were his roles as Director of the Clinical Research Centre of the Medical Research Council (1978-1988), President of the British Medical Association (1986-7) and President of the Royal Society of Medicine (1988); among his many services to history were his roles as Harveian Librarian of the Royal College of Physicians (1989-1997), founding member (in 1990) of the History of 20th Century Medicine Group, and many years of service on the Wellcome Trust's history of medicine funding committee. In addition to his wide-ranging essays on medicine in the 20th century, he has published on Quakers in Britain, especially on their medical brethren of the 18th century, such as John Fothergill and John Haygarth. Dr Carole Reeves Outreach Historian The Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine at UCL 210 Euston Road London NW1 2BE Tel: +44 (0)207 679 8135 Email: [log in to unmask] Website: www.ucl.ac.uk/histmed ********************************************************************** 1. To suspend yourself from the list, whilst on leave, for example, send an email to [log in to unmask] with the following message: set psci-com nomail 2. To resume email from the list, send the following message: set psci-com mail 3. To leave psci-com, send an email to [log in to unmask] with the message: leave psci-com 4. Further information about the psci-com discussion list, including list archive, can be found at the list web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/psci-com.html 5. The psci-com gateway to internet resources on science communication and science and society can be found at http://psci-com.ac.uk **********************************************************************