The Naked Surgeon by Samer Nashef
Uncategorised | Posted on 4th January 2023 at 5:11 pm by Maria Ferran
On Thursday, 10 November Samer Nashef gave his talk, ‘The Naked Surgeon’. The talk was held online and is available to view on our Youtube Channel – click here
The Sydney Selwyn Lectures 2022
Uncategorised | Posted on 21st November 2022 at 3:06 pm by Maria Ferran
On Tuesday, 11 October 2022, the Faculty of the History of Philosophy and Medicine held the Sydney Selwyn Lectures. The Faculty is grateful to the Sydney Selwyn family for their ongoing support and sponsorship of the lecture in memory of our past President, Sydney Selwyn. Left-right – Bryan Saunders, Beadle, Dr Andrew Papanikitas (President), Dr […]
Learned Medicine and Alchemical Mysteries in the Library of Clare College, Cambridge (c.1570-1620)
Uncategorised | Posted on 16th November 2022 at 11:24 am by Maria Ferran
The Faculty of the History and Philosophy of Medicine and Pharmacy held the Gideon de Laune lecture on 21 June 2022. Speaker: Dr Timothy Chesters Title: Learned Medicine and Alchemical Mysteries in the Library of Clare College, Cambridge (c.1570-1620) Dr Chambers gave his talk online due to the national train strikes, this recording is available […]
Conflict & Catastrophe Medicine Course – extended deadline!
Uncategorised | Posted on at 11:17 am by Maria Ferran
For more information – click here
Women in Leadership 2022
Uncategorised | Posted on 22nd August 2022 at 2:30 pm by Maria Ferran
“The largest and best”: A symposium to mark the 350th anniversary of the Society of Apothecaries’ laboratories
Uncategorised | Posted on 15th June 2022 at 2:44 pm by Maria Ferran
A joint event with the Society and Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry Programme and biographies – click here Thank you to everyone that participated and helped to organise the day.
Wars against Children
Uncategorised | Posted on at 2:37 pm by Maria Ferran
The Faculty of the History and Philosophy of Medicine and Pharmacy and Conflict and Catastrophe Medicine held the joint Sydenham lecture. Speaker: Dr Emily Mayhew Title: Wars Against Children Left-right: Col Jane Carey-Harris, Mr Nick Royle, Esq (Clerk) Briony Hudson (President of FacultyHP), Dr Christina Dale (President of FacultyCC), Dr Emily Mayhew (Speaker), Professor Michael […]
Friends of the Archives Historical Collections Research Grant
Uncategorised | Posted on 9th May 2022 at 10:17 am by Maria Ferran
New collections grant scheme The Friends of the Archive at the Worshipful Society of Apothecaries will award up to 4 grants each year, each of £250, to support researchers to use the Society’s collections. The grants are intended to encourage researchers to use the collections either as the main focus of their project, or as […]
Poison that “Sweetens the Blood: Drugs, Slavery and the Apothecary
Uncategorised | Posted on 17th March 2022 at 2:23 pm by Maria Ferran
On Monday 28 February 2022, the Faculty of History and Philosophy of Medicine and Pharmacy held the Hans Sloane lecture Lecture title: Poison that “Sweetens the Blood: Drugs, Slavery and the Apothecary Speaker: Professor Pratik Chakrabarti Catch up on YouTube Soundcloud and Stitcher allows you to listen whilst enjoying a walk.
Faculty of Conflict & Catastrophe Medicine – New Course Director
Uncategorised | Posted on 1st December 2021 at 4:48 pm by Maria Ferran
The Faculty is delighted to announce the appointment of the new Course Director: please welcome Stephanie Simmonds, OBE. Stephanie Simmonds first worked in a humanitarian setting with the NGO Oxfam in the Ethiopian famine of 1974. She then worked in a number of conflicts, refugee and other humanitarian crises and also in health development including […]
