York Medical Society

Last updated

York Medical Society
FormationYork, 1832
PurposePromoting and diffusing medical knowledge
Location
Coordinates 53°57′39″N1°04′59″W / 53.96095°N 1.08306°W / 53.96095; -1.08306
President
Mark Roman [1]
Website www.yorkmedsoc.org
York Medical Society Frontage York Medical Society Frontage.jpg
York Medical Society Frontage
York Medical Society - rear view York Medical Society - rear view.jpg
York Medical Society - rear view
Temperance Anderson's plaque York Medical Society 2.jpg
Temperance Anderson's plaque

The York Medical Society is a medical society founded in York, England, in 1832. It is located in a grade II* listed building at 23 Stonegate, York. [2] [3]

Contents

The first president, Baldwin Wake, addressed the Society at its first meeting in March 1832. Early meetings were held at the York Dispensary, a house in Market Town, and later in the Board Room at York County Hospital, and then at 9 Ousegate. It then met at the de Grey Rooms and then until 1915, it rented rooms at 1 Low Ousegate, when the society moved to the current location of 23 Stonegate, the previous home of Tempest Anderson and his father W.C. Anderson.

The building is a late 16th-Century house, which incorporates the remains of several earlier structures on the site, and which has been altered and extended at various times in the centuries following its construction. It was first listed in 1954, and was upgraded to Grade II* in 1997. It houses a library consisting of books from its own collection as well as those from the York County Hospital and the York Dispensary.

It holds an annual oration.

Origins

The York Medical Society was founded in 1832, two years before the establishment of York Medical School. [4] [5] The first president, Baldwin Wake, addressed the Society at its first meeting in March 1832. [6]

At the time, they had no permanent premises and met first at the York dispensary, then between October 1856 and May 1874 at Mr Graham's house in Market Town, followed by three years in the Board Room at York County Hospital after Mr Graham's death and then for a brief period between 1877 and 1878 at 9 Ousegate. For the next two years the York Medical Society met at the de Grey Rooms and then until 1915, they rented rooms at 1 Low Ousegate, when they moved to the current location of 23 Stonegate, the previous home of Tempest Anderson and his father W.C. Anderson. [7]

It developed consulting rooms and a dispensary. [8]

In 2003, the library and archive were moved to the Borthwick Institute. [7]

Premises

23 Stonegate is a late 16th-Century house, which incorporates the remains of several earlier structures on the site, and which has been altered and extended at various times in the centuries following its construction. Its 1590 rainwater head is the oldest surviving in York. The building is currently divided into a number of offices and flats as well as serving as the base for the society. It has had associations with the medical profession since at least the early 19th-Century, when it was owned by the Anderson family, and in the later part of the century it was home to the surgeon and vulcanologist Tempest Anderson, whose plaque is still present on the entrance to the building. It was purchased by the York Medical Society in 1944; the dining room, which features a Greek fret and paterae underneath an elaborate cornice, now serves as the society's lecture hall. The building was first listed in 1954, and was upgraded to Grade II* in 1997. [3]

The library

The York Medical Society houses a library consisting of books from its own collection as well as those from the York County Hospital and the York Dispensary. [4]

The York Medical Society oration

The first oration was given by Jonathan Hutchinson in 1890. [5] [9]

In 1909, when Sir William Osler spoke on "The Beginning of Medicine", he was surprised that rather than a purely medical audience, it was diverse and included the Dean of York. At the following banquet, he gave particular mention to some of the Society's well known medical men including Robert Burton and Martin Lister. [9] [10]

Orators in the early years included Sir Clifford Allbutt, Sir Victor Horsley, Sir James Crichton-Browne, Sir German Sims Woodhead, Sir T. Lauder Brunton, Sir George Savage and Sir Norman Moore. In the later years, orators included Parveen Kumar, Graeme Catto, Professor Dame Susan Bailey and Lord Kakkar. [9]

The Society holds the "Declaration of Trusts between the Lecturers in the York School of Medicine, 21 May 1841". [5]

In 1893, Victor Horsley visited the society to give its annual oration. [11]

Exhibitions

In 2015, a selection of Raghu Rai’s work on the Bhopal disaster was exhibited at the Society. [12]

See also

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">William Osler</span> Canadian physician and co-founder of Johns Hopkins Hospital

Sir William Osler, 1st Baronet, was a Canadian physician and one of the "Big Four" founding professors of Johns Hopkins Hospital. Osler created the first residency program for specialty training of physicians, and he was the first to bring medical students out of the lecture hall for bedside clinical training. He has frequently been described as the Father of Modern Medicine and one of the "greatest diagnosticians ever to wield a stethoscope". Osler was a person of many interests, who in addition to being a physician, was a bibliophile, historian, author, and renowned practical joker. Outside of medicine, he was passionate about medical libraries and medical history and among his achievements were the founding of the History of Medicine Society, at the Royal Society of Medicine, London. In the field of librarianship he was instrumental in founding the Medical Library Association of Great Britain and Ireland, the Association of Medical Librarians with three others, including Margaret Charlton, the medical librarian of his alma mater, McGill University. He left his large history of medicine library to McGill, where it continues to exist as the Osler Library.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Harvey Cushing</span> American neurosurgeon (1869–1939)

Harvey Williams Cushing was an American neurosurgeon, pathologist, writer, and draftsman. A pioneer of brain surgery, he was the first exclusive neurosurgeon and the first person to describe Cushing's disease. He wrote a biography of physician William Osler in three volumes.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Royal College of Surgeons of England</span> Professional body in England, United Kingdom

The Royal College of Surgeons of England is an independent professional body and registered charity that promotes and advances standards of surgical care for patients, and regulates surgery and dentistry in England and Wales. The college is located at Lincoln's Inn Fields in London. It publishes multiple medical journals including the Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, the Faculty Dental Journal, and the Bulletin of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Royal Society of Medicine</span> Medical society in the United Kingdom

The Royal Society of Medicine (RSM) is a medical society based at 1 Wimpole Street, London, UK. It is a registered charity, with admission through membership.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tempest Anderson</span> British eye surgeon and volcanologist

Tempest Anderson ) was an ophthalmic surgeon at York County Hospital in the United Kingdom, and an expert amateur photographer and vulcanologist. He was a member of the Royal Society Commission which was appointed to investigate the aftermath of the eruptions of Soufriere volcano, St Vincent and Mont Pelee, Martinique, West Indies which both erupted in May 1902. Some of his photographs of these eruptions were subsequently published in his book, Volcanic Studies in Many Lands.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Manchester Royal Infirmary</span> Hospital in Manchester, England

Manchester Royal Infirmary (MRI) is a large NHS teaching hospital in Chorlton-on-Medlock, Manchester, England. Founded by Charles White in 1752 as part of the voluntary hospital movement of the 18th century, it is now a major regional and national medical centre. It is the largest Hospital within Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, and based on its Oxford Road Campus in South Manchester where it shares a site with the Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, Manchester Royal Eye Hospital and Saint Mary's Hospital as well as several other educational and research facilities. The Hospital is also a key site for medical educational within Manchester, serving as a main teaching hospital for School of Medical Sciences, University of Manchester.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ancoats Hospital</span> Hospital in England

The Ancoats Hospital and Ardwick and Ancoats Dispensary was a large inner-city hospital located in Ancoats, to the north of the city centre of Manchester, England. It was built in 1875, replacing the Ardwick and Ancoats Dispensary that had existed since 1828. The building is now Grade II listed.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Josephine Barnes</span> British obstetrician and gynaecologist

Dame Alice Josephine Mary Taylor Barnes,, known professionally as Dr Josephine Barnes, was a leading English obstetrician and gynaecologist. She was the first female president of the British Medical Association, 1979. Barnes was also active in the Women's National Cancer Control Campaign with cancer screening.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Green Templeton College, Oxford</span> College of the University of Oxford

Green Templeton College (GTC) is a constituent college of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. The college is located on the former Green College site on Woodstock Road next to the Radcliffe Observatory Quarter in North Oxford and is centred on the architecturally important Radcliffe Observatory, an 18th-century building, modelled on the ancient Tower of the Winds at Athens. It is the university's second newest graduate college, after Reuben College, having been founded by the historic merger of Green College and Templeton College in 2008.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hunterian Society</span> English society of physicians and dentists

The Hunterian Society, founded in 1819 in honour of the Scottish surgeon John Hunter (1728–1793), is a society of physicians and dentists based in London.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Zachary Cope</span>

Sir Vincent Zachary Cope MD MS FRCS was an English physician, surgeon, author, historian and poet perhaps best known for authoring the book Cope's Early Diagnosis of the Acute Abdomen from 1921 until 1971. The work remains a respected and standard text of general surgery, and new editions continue being published by editors long after his death, the most recent one being the 22nd edition, published in 2010. Cope also wrote widely on the history of medicine and of public dispensaries.

The York Conservation Trust is a trust that buys and restores significant historical buildings in York, England, and then makes them available to rent.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Osler Club of London</span>

The Osler Club of London is a society founded in 1928 to encourage the study of the history of medicine, particularly amongst medical students, and to keep "green the memory of Sir William Osler". Membership in the club is open to medical men and women, medical students, and persons associated with the history of medicine and in allied sciences.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Boston Dispensary</span> Hospital in Massachusetts, United States

The Boston Dispensary (est.1796) or Boston Medical Dispensary provided for "medical relief of the poor" in Boston, Massachusetts, from the late 18th century through the mid-20th century. It was one of the first hospitals in the United States. In the 1960s the Boston Dispensary merged with New England Medical Center and is now known as Tufts Medical Center.

Alice Woodward Horsley was a New Zealand medical doctor, and the first registered woman medical doctor in Auckland.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Gandhi Medical College, Bhopal</span> Medical college in Madhya Pradesh, India

Gandhi Medical College is a medical college in Madhya Pradesh, India. Established in 1956, it is located at Fatehgarh, Royal Market Area, Bhopal.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sir William Church, 1st Baronet</span>

Sir William Selby Church, 1st Baronet, was a British physician to St Bartholomew's Hospital, president of the Royal College of Physicians from 1899 to 1905 and president of the Royal Society of Medicine from 1907 to 1909 and also in 1893. He is best remembered for his ability to direct policy of the associations he belonged to.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">History of Medicine Society</span>

The History of Medicine Society (HoMS), at the Royal Society of Medicine (RSM), London, was founded by Sir William Osler in 1912, and later became one of the four founder medical societies of the British Society for the History of Medicine.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Raymond Crawfurd</span>

Sir Raymond Henry Payne Crawfurd FRCP was a British physician and writer who, in addition to being active in post graduate medical education, took up numerous clinical and administrative responsibilities, including Registrar and examiner to the Royal College of Physicians (RCP), the Dean of Kings College Hospital Medical School, now King's College London GKT School of Medical Education (GKT), and Chair of Epsom College Council.

Extramural medical education in Edinburgh began over 200 years before the university medical faculty was founded in 1726 and extramural teaching continued thereafter for a further 200 years. Extramural is academic education which is conducted outside a university. In the early 16th century it was under the auspices of the Incorporation of Surgeons of Edinburgh (RCSEd) and continued after the Faculty of Medicine was established by the University of Edinburgh in 1726. Throughout the late 18th and 19th centuries the demand for extramural medical teaching increased as Edinburgh's reputation as a centre for medical education grew. Instruction was carried out by individual teachers, by groups of teachers and, by the end of the 19th century, by private medical schools in the city. Together these comprised the Edinburgh Extramural School of Medicine. From 1896 many of the schools were incorporated into the Medical School of the Royal Colleges of Edinburgh under the aegis of the RCSEd and the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh (RCPE) and based at Surgeons' Hall. Extramural undergraduate medical education in Edinburgh stopped in 1948 with the closure of the Royal Colleges' Medical School following the Goodenough Report which recommended that all undergraduate medical education in the UK should be carried out by universities.

References

  1. "Welcome - York Medical Society". www.yorkmedsoc.org. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
  2. Elton, Sarah; O'Higgins, Paul (2 June 2008). Medicine and Evolution: Current Applications, Future Prospects. CRC Press. ISBN   9781420051377.
  3. 1 2 Historic England. "York Medical Society, York (1256516)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  4. 1 2 Shaw, A. Batty (1968). "The Oldest Medical Societies in Great Britain". Medical History . 12 (3): 232–44. doi:10.1017/S0025727300013272. ISSN   2048-8343. PMC   1033825 . PMID   4875610.
  5. 1 2 3 Wetherill, J. H. (July 1961). "The York Medical School". Medical History. 5 (3): 253–269. doi:10.1017/s0025727300026399. ISSN   0025-7273. PMC   1034628 . PMID   13784646.
  6. Brown, Michael (2017). Performing Medicine: Medical culture and identity in provincial England, c.1760-1850. Oxford University Press. p. 162. ISBN   9781526129710.
  7. 1 2 "York Medical Society Archive - Archives Hub". archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
  8. Chrystal, Paul; Crossley, Simon (15 August 2011). York Places of Learning Through Time. Amberley Publishing Limited. ISBN   9781445632520.
  9. 1 2 3 "York Medical Society past orators". www.yorkmedsoc.org. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
  10. Cushing, Harvey (2013). "The Life of Sir William Osler". Bulletin of the Medical Library Association. Severus Verlag. 14 (4): 882. ISBN   9783863474867. PMC   234817 . PMID   16015960.
  11. "York Medical Society". British Medical Journal. 2 (2): 909. 1893. PMC   2422342 .
  12. "Raghu Rai Photography Exhibition, York Medical Society – The Bhopal Medical Appeal" . Retrieved 26 May 2019.

Commons-logo.svg Media related to York Medical Society at Wikimedia Commons