Norah Schuster prize and Bynum lecture

Date and time Wed 7 Feb 2024 from 4:50pm to 7 Feb 2024 at 10:00pm
Location Royal Society of Medicine
Organised by History of Medicine Society

This annual meeting aims to promote the history of medicine to undergraduate students by encouraging new areas of research utilising a range of resources.

The first part of the session will be dedicated to the prestigious Norah Schuster Prize. Participants will be able to support their development as medical historians plus acknowledge their contributions, with the two prize winners having the opportunity to present their research. Find out more about how to apply for the prize here.

The second part of the event will feature the Bynum lecture, led by Professor Anna Marie Roos Professor of the History of Science and Medicine, University of Lincoln Editor-in-Chief, Notes and Records: The Royal Society Journal of the History of Science. This year's theme will explore the interdisciplinarity of physicians in the early Royal Society.

By attending, you will:

Learn about the range of papers submitted for the Norah Schuster prize written by medical students
Be able to recognise how initial interest in medical history may be developed by reference to the standard of the Bynum award

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Professor Anna Marie Roos

Professor of the History of Science and Medicine, University of Lincoln, Editor-in-Chief, Notes and Records: The Royal Society Journal of the History of Science

Speaker's biography

Professor Anna Marie Roos is an internationally renowned historian of science and medicine, studying the early modern period and the development of the Royal Society. She has published extensively on leading scientists of the time, including Martin Lister “The Correspondences of Dr Martin Lister (1639-1712) which was awarded the John Thackrey medal (Society of the Natural History Society) and Martin Folkes (1690-1754) in addition to “The salt of the earth: natural philosophy, medicine and chymistry in England 1650-1750”.

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4:50pm

Registration, tea and coffee

5:20pm

Welcome and introduction

Dr Hilary Morris, President, History of Medicine Section, Royal Society of Medicine

Norah Schuster presentations

5:25pm

The unchanging battle against vaccination: Historical parallels and modern challenges

Simrun Chandale

5:45pm

How British women became surgeons in the long nineteenth century: A comparative study of Margaret Ann Bulkley (James Barry) and Louisa Aldrich-Blake

Stephanie Hampson

6:05pm

Was lobotomy a sensible move under difficult circumstances or a fatal mistake?

Isabella Kressel

6:25pm

The artist, the anatomist, and a necessary inhumanity: William Hunter's contributions to anatomical teaching

Sytske Lub

Bynum Lecture

6:45pm

Physician, virtuoso: The interdisciplinarity of physicians in the early Royal Society

Professor Anna Marie Roos, Professor, History of Science and Medicine, University of Lincoln, Editor-in-Chief, Notes and Records, The Royal Society Journal of the History of Science

7:25pm

Panel discussion

7:35pm

Close of meeting

Dinner

7:50pm

Optional dinner

Pre-registered delegates only

Registration for this event will close at 1:00am on Tuesday 6 February 2024. Late registrations will not be accepted.

The agenda is subject to change at any time

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