欧美AV Historical Group Meeting: "Chemistry, Medicine and History"
10.15: Coffee and teaSession One (chair: John Nicholson)
10.45 Welcome from John Nicholson, Chair of the Historical Group
10.50 Miranda Rosenthal, "Diabetes: An Overview with a Glance at the Chemistry"
11.25 John Dungate, "Diabetes: a History of the Monitoring of Blood and Urine for Glucose"
12.00 Lunch (not provided)
Session Two (chair: Alan Dronsfield)
1.20 Alistair McKenzie, "Chloroform as an Anaesthetic: Some Historical Perspectives"
1.55 Anna Simmons, "Medicine, Chemistry and the Royal Apothecaries: William Thomas Brande and John Nussey"
2.30 Tea and coffee
Session Three (chair: Anna Simmons)
2.55 Tilli Tansey, "Chemists in the Early Pharmaceutical Industry: A Case Study from Burroughs, Wellcome & Co."
3.30 Alan Dronsfield, "A History of the Treatment of TB, Principally Using Drugs"
4.05 Sir Simon Campbell, "Science, Art and Drug Discovery: A Personal Perspective"
4.50 Closing remarks by John Nicholson
5.00 Meeting ends
To register for this meeting, please email the HG Secretary at doctor@peterjtmorris.plus.com, giving your name and email address (and also any special requirements).
