Hunter's Legatees: An Audit of Stewardship

A Joint Meeting of the Section of the History of Medicine of the Royal
Society of Medicine and The Royal College of Surgeons of England

Monday 10 April 2000
10.00 a.m. - 4.00 p.m.
at The Royal College of Surgeons of England
35-43 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, WC2A 3PN.


Programme:

9.30 a.m. - Registration

10.00 a.m.
Introduction
Sir David Innes Williams

Session One: Pupils and Practice
Chair: Sir David Innes Williams

First generation disciples: Surgery at the great hospitals
Mr John Maynard

The army surgeons: Hunter's lessons on wounds and disease
Professor Harold Ellis

Hunter and dentistry
Professor David Poswillo

John Hunter and the American School of Surgery
Professor George Sheldon

Session Two: The Museum. Inspirational or Educational, Research Tool or
Repository
Chair: Mr Barry Jackson

Hunter the pathologist
Professor Bert Cohen

Richard Owen and natural history
Sir Donald Harrison

1.0 p.m.
Lunch - Please note that there is a separate charge for this.

Opportunity to visit "Hunter's Legacy" in the Museum

2.00 p.m.

Session Three: Why not try the experiment? College Initiatives in Research
Chair: Professor David Poswillo

Henry Morris and the Imperial Cancer Research Fund
Sir David Innes Williams

Berkeley Moynihan and Buckston Browne
Professor Peter Bevan

Webb Johnson and the Institute of Basic Medical Sciences
Sir Rodney Sweetnam

The Hunterian Institute and after: Closing address
Mr Barry Jackson

4.00 p.m.
Close of meeting


Registration:
RSM and RCSE Fellows: £35.00
Non-Fellows: £45.00
Trainees: £10.00
Lunch fee: £20.00
Meeting ref: 40.0.12.054.00

For more information please contact:
Tim Hoof, Academic Department, Royal Society of Medicine
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