The Centre for the History of Medicine (part of the Institute of Health and Wellbeing at Glasgow University) and the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow invite you to a series of free seminars on medical history.
Venue: Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, Library Reading Room, 232-242 St Vincent St, Glasgow, G2 5RJ
Time: Coffee and biscuits from 5pm. Talks begin at 5:30pm
Booking: email library@rcpsg.ac.uk or call 0141 221 6072. This event is free but please contact us to book as places are limited.
Tuesday, 24 January 2017
Dr Kenneth Collins (University of Glasgow and Hebrew University of Jerusalem), ‘Poles and Jews in Wartime Scotland: the Experience of Edinburgh’s Polish School of Medicine’
Tuesday, 21 February 2017
Dr Salim Al-Gailani (University of Cambridge), ‘Vitamins on Trial: Folic Acid as a Technology of Reproduction and Public Health’
Tuesday, 21 March 2017
Dr Iain Hutchison (University of Glasgow), ‘Philanthropy, Patriotism and Paediatric Nursing: Glasgow’s Royal Hospital for Sick Children through five objects’
Tuesday, 25 April 2017
Dr Claas Kirchhelle (University of Oxford), ‘Regulation and Resistance – a history of non-human antibiotic use in the US and UK (1949-2013)’