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Biennial Kass Lecture in the History of Medicine Wednesday 12 December 2018 Anatomy Lecture Theatre King’s College, London 5.30-7 pm Safe Surgery: Statistics and the Rise of Modern Surgery, 18th-20th centuries Thomas Schlich, Professor in the History of Medicine, McGill University This lecture explores how the acceptance of surgical healing strategies was connected with the production and use of statistical information on the outcomes of surgical interventions. Thus, the rise of modern surgery was intertwined in interesting ways with the concurrent rise of statistical thinking, resulting in the concept of “Safe Surgery” around 1900. This account looks at the origins and contexts of the production and presentation of population-based numerical data in surgery. It analyses the controversies its use engendered, and describes how, in combination with other kinds of medical knowledge, statistics enabled the rise of modern surgery as a ubiquitous and largely unquestioned practice of modern medicine. A reception will follow from 7-8 pm. The event is free and open to the public, but to attend you need to register at: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/biennial-kass-lecture-in-the-history-of-medicine-tickets-52823692085. ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the MERSENNE list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=MERSENNE&A=1