2021 Programme of Talks

 West Sussex History of Medicine Society

2020 lectures were cancelled owing to the Coronavirus.  
The new season starts in Autumn 2021.

All meetings Saturdays 1000-1200hrs. £5 per session including coffee.  Students free.  Certificates of attendance for Continuing Professional Development will be provided.

New venue: St Pauls Church hall, Churchside, Chuchester, PO19 6FT

Program 2021

Saturday 9th October​

The Doctor Brian Owen-Smith Memorial Lecture

Introduced by WSHOMS Programme Dr Adam Stone

1. .”Victorian Vaccination: Universal Care and Unwanted Interference”

Mr Graham Kyle MSc LLM FRCSEd FRCOphth DHMSA

2.  “Daniel Turner, The Father of British Dermatology”

​Dr Richard Staughton LVO MA FRCP

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Saturday 23rd October 

1.Shakespear and Medicine”

​Prof Duncan Salkeld MA PhD

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2. “The Buckston Browne Research Farm Legacy”

​​Mrs Elizabeth Beckman BSc(Eng) FBIR​​

Saturday 6th   November

1.“The Broadmoor Doctors.”      ​​​Paul Devonshire BA(Hons) AFBPS

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2.  “The History of Spinal Cord Injury Management”

Mr John Reynard DM MA LLM FRCS(urol), Lt-Col RAMC
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Saturday 13th  November

1. “Diabetes: an ancient disease; a modern epidemic”​

Professor Ken Shaw MA MD FRCP

2.  “Jesuits’ Bark, A reliable medicine of old with surprising current controversy”​

​Mrs Afifah Hamilton MNIMH

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Saturday 4th December    

1.”Louis Pasteur and the Rabies Virus”

​Dr Tim Mason BSc MSc PhD

2.  “Anna Wessels Williams: Forgotten Pioneer of Microbiology”

   ​Patrick Pead  MSc FIBMS MIBiol FHA


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

Limited parking at the St Paul’s Church. Parking available at the Northgate car park.