History of the RSM - September 2009
Excerpt from the speeches of those invited to the Centenary banquetFollowing on from last months' Feature, we have managed to locate a copy of the speech given by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle at the Centenary dinner to mark the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Medical & Chirurgical Society was held on May 22nd 1905.
A full image of the transcript can be seen here
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An exhibition at the Royal Society of Medicine entitled Conan Doyle and the Real Sherlock Holmes is scheduled to run from 1st September 2009 until 30th January 2010.
Previous features of the month:
- August 2009 - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- July 2009 - Sigmund Freud
- June 2009 - Friedrich von Esmarch
- May 2009 - Rare books exhibition
- April 2009 - Dr. Peter Mark Roget
- March 2009 - Letter to Dr FW Cock
- February 2009 - Charles Darwin
- January 2009 - John Clare
- December 2008 - Prospero Alpini
- November 2008 - Robert John Thornton
- October 2008 - Robert Willan
- September 2008 - John Parkinson