Founded as the Provincial Medical and Surgical Association (PMSA) by Sir Charles Hastings in Worcester.
In 1836 Dr George Webster founded an organisation called the British Medical Association. From Medical Care and the General Practitioner, 1750-1850: "Its purpose was political in that it intended to instigate legislation to improve the state of general practice." When it was dissolved in 1845 the PMSA quickly took over the name.
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British Medical Association
The clock above was presented to the British Medical Association by Mrs Marga...
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British Medical Association
This same building is commemorated at the Charles Dickens home memorial.
The clock above was presented to the British Medical Association by Mrs Marga...
2019: We are grateful to Justin Barkham who pointed out that we had incorrect...
The memorial was designed by Pierce. The 4 statues were sculpted by Woodford....
Physician and cardiologist. Our picture source gives a biography of this man. He was born on 12 April 1853, the third of the seven children of Robert MacKenzie (1816-1898) and Jean Campbell MacKen...
The house was built on the site of the, supposedly holy, Bagnigge Wells (mineral springs) in 1678. Nell Gwynne was supposed to have lived in this house. The picture shows the house c. 1790. In th...
A London livery company. Originally part of the Grocers’ Company, they separated when they were granted their own royal charter in 1617. The Apothecaries Act of 1815 granted them the power to lice...
Surgeon and public health officer. Born City of London. His name is of French origin which is worth knowing for pronunciation purposes. 1848 appointed the first Medical Officer of Health for London...
"Now gentlemen, I want to found a hospital for the treatment of cancer, and for the study of the disease, for at the present time we know absolutely nothing about it." - Dr William Marsden - 1851. ...