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....
Cricketer and medical practitioner. Born William Gilbert Grace at Clematis House, Downend, Mangotsfield, near Bristol. He started playing first-class cricket for Gloucestershire in 1864. Took his m...
Spent most of his life in Berkeley, Gloucestershire, where he was born (in the vicarage) and died (at home,The Chantry). First doctor to study smallpox vaccine. Trained with John Hunter at St Georg...
Greek physician, known as the father of medicine. Born in 460 BC on the island of Cos, Greece. Died in 377 BC
From the Trust's website: "We want British society to become fairer, more inclusive and more harmonious. We believe that overcoming exclusion and increasing participation by promoting equality of b...
The Faroese/Icelandic physician, Niels Ryberg Finsen, (1860 - 1904) won a Nobel Prize for inventing this while working in Denmark. After a time it was found to be dangerous rather than healing.
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