History of Medicine

The Section of the History of Medicine was established in 1956. As with the other sections this section is governed by a President and council, and hold regular meetings at which members present papers. The founder of the Section was Dr. T.G. Wilson

Section President: Prof. Davis Coakley DCOAKLEY@tcd.ie

Section Secretary: Prof. Alun Evans, Professor Emeritus, Centre for Public Health, The Queen’s University of Belfast, Institute of Clinical Science B, Grosvenor Road, Belfast BT12 6BJ, United Kingdom a.evans@qub.ac.uk

Council Members: Mary O’Doherty, Patrick Plunkett, Frank Powell, Freddie Woods, Susan Mullaney

Events

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History of Medicine Section, Thursday 25th April 2019

25/04/2019 6:30pm in Winter Hall, RCPI, 6, Kildare Street, Dublin 2

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History of Medicine Section, Wednesday 27th March 2019

27/03/2019 6:30pm in Winter Hall, RCPI, 6, Kildare Street, Dublin 2

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History of Medicine Section, Wednesday 28th November 2018

28/11/2018 6:00pm in Geoffrey Burke Room, First Floor, Setanta House, Dublin 2

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Abstracts

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C. Lee

Chairman’s opening address at the Sir William Wilde Bi-Centenary Symposium

21/03/2016

Keyword William Wilde Bi-Centenary Symposium

S. Mullaney

Sir William Wilde and provision for the blind in nineteenth-century Ireland

21/03/2016

Keywords William Wilde – Blindness – Nineteenth-century Ireland – Census – Ophthalmia

P. Froggatt

The demographic work of Sir William Wilde

21/03/2016

Keywords William Wilde – Nineteenth-century Ireland – Census – Demography – Deaf mutism – Plaque