West Sussex History of Medicine Society
Starting again on September 27th 2025
All meetings Saturdays 1000-1200hrs. £8 per session by card. Students free.
Certificates of attendance for Continuing Professional Development will be provided
Programme of Autumn 2025
Saturday 27th September
Outside visit to R.H.Haslar 1000-1200hrs. Tour Leader Mark Trasler MBE.
Further details and joining instructions from David Vassallo at djvassallo@aol.com
Saturday 11th October
The Doctor Brian Owen-Smith Memorial Lecture
Introduced by WSHOMS Chairman
1. “A Personal Reflection on the History of Medical Ultrasound”
Dr Francis Duck MBE DSc
2. “Dutch Courage and Mothers’ Ruin: The Gin Craze as a picturesque myth and policy disaster.”
Dr Richard Barnett PhD
Saturday 25th October
1. “Admiral Lord Nelson: Hurt hero…….and hypochondriac?”
Dr Peter Brinsden FRCOG FRGS
2. “Admiral Lord Anson, his life and legacy”
Prof Duncan Colin-Jones
Saturday 8th November
1. “Civil War Medicine”
Dr Ismini Pells MA PhD
2. “3 Para Regimental Medical Officer in Falklands War – Personal Reflection”
Dr John Burgess MBBS MSc FRCGP
Saturday 22nd November
1. “Glasgow Rickets and Surgical Innovations”
Mr Graham Kyle MB LLM MSc MLitt FRCSE FRCOphth DHMSA
2. “A History of Urethral Surgery”
Prof Tony Mundy PhD(Hon) MS FRCP FRCS
There will be a second hand book sale in aid of WSHOMS at this meeting
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For further details contact Prof John Richardson 01243-780786, or RichardsonDrJ@aol.com,
or 1 Franklin Place, Chichester, West Sussex PO19 1BL or www.wshoms.co.uk
• free car parking for meetings adjacent to St Paul’s Church, or if full use the Theatre Car Park
Meetings to be held at:
St Paul’s Church, Churchside, Chichester,
PO19 6FT
West Sussex History of Medicine Society 