The Harveian Oration is a yearly lecture held at the Royal College of Physicians of London. It was instituted in 1656 by William Harvey, discoverer of the systemic circulation. Harvey made financial provision for the college to hold an annual feast on St. Luke's Day at which an oration would be delivered in Latin to praise the college's benefactors and to exhort the Fellows and Members of this college to search and study out the secrets of nature by way of experiment. Until 1865, the Oration was given in Latin, as Harvey had specified, and known as the Oratio anniversaria; but it was thereafter spoken in English. Many of the lectures were published in book form.
Sir James Rögnvald Learmonth (1895–1967) was a Scottish surgeon who made pioneering advances in nerve surgery.
The Hunterian Oration is a lecture of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, named in honour of pioneering surgeon John Hunter and held on his birthday, 14 February, each year.
The Harvey Society or Harvey Society of New York is a learned society based in New York City, Named after the British scientist William Harvey (1578–1657), its scope is "the diffusion of knowledge of the medical sciences". Since 1905, the society sponsors an annual series of lectures given by biomedical researchers from institutions mainly in North America.
David Maclagan MD, FRSE, FRCSEd, FRCPE was a prominent Scottish medical doctor and military surgeon, serving in the Napoleonic Wars. He served as President of both the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh and the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. He was Surgeon in Scotland to Queen Victoria.
The Harveian Society of London, named after the physician William Harvey, is a medical society and registered charity, founded in 1831. Doctors assemble regularly at the Medical Society of London, Chandos Street, Cavendish Square to converse and discuss medical matters through the medium of lectures and conferences.
Herbert Ritchie Spencer was professor of obstetrics at University College London.
Sir William Errington Hume was a British physician and cardiologist.
Sir Geoffrey Marshall (1887–1982) was an English physician, pulmonologist, and pioneer of anaesthia.
Sir Dyce Duckworth, 1st Baronet was a British surgeon, physician, dermatologist, and author of A Treatise on Gout (1889), which was translated into French and German.
Peter Wallwork Latham (1832–1923) was an English physician and professor of medicine at the University of Cambridge.
Brigadier Davis Evan Bedford (1898–1978) was a British physician and cardiologist.
Graham Malcolm Wilson (1917–1977) was a Scottish physician, professor of medicine, and pioneer of clinical pharmacology.
The Harvey Club of London is the oldest currently active medical club in Canada. It was founded by Drs. James W. Crane and C.M. Crawford in 1919 in London, Ontario. The club was initially founded as a way for practicing physicians to stay abreast of new developments in biomedical sciences, analogous to the modern concept of continuing medical education, a function that it continues to perform with annual presentations of papers. The club also provides academic and financial support to students at the medical school of Western University.
Kenneth William Donald was a British physician, surgeon, pulmonologist, cardiologist, professor of medicine, and leading expert on underwater physiology and exercise physiology.
James Stansfield Collier was an English physician and neurologist. His brother was the surgeon Horace Stansfield Collier.
John Fisher Stokes was a physician and surgeon, who earned a footnote in the history of the Royal College of Physicians by becoming part of the first married couple who were both elected FRCP.
Thomas King Chambers was an English physician who published and lectured on diet and digestion. He was among the first to advocate medicine as a career for women. He was a founder and trustee of the London School of Medicine for Women.
The Harveian Society of Edinburgh was founded in April 1782 by Andrew Duncan. The Society holds an annual Festival in honour of the life and works of William Harvey, the physician who first correctly described the manner in which blood circulates around the human body. Until 1829, the Society was known as the Circulation Club or the Harveian Club. Membership of the society is by invitation and members are doctors based primarily in Scotland. There are currently over 140 members, who are known as "Harveians".
