Historical Items

Public orations and talks at the Society

Many of the talks at the Society are reported in British Medical Journal and its forebears. Below is a selection of references to the society found in the BMJ Archive. If you are a member of the BMA then the links will take you straight to the articles.

1832-1899

  • Observations on Dyspepsia arising from Disordered States of the Mind

    1841 - W.D. Husband

    Prov Med Surg J: 1841;s1-3:205

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  • Parencentesis Thoracis: When is it justifiable?

    1855 - Daniel H Tuke

    Assoc Med J: 1855;s3-3:1089.2

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  • Interesting Operation for Bronchocele

    1855 – Richard Hey
    Assoc Med J 1855;s3-3:993

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  • President's Address

    1882 – Mr Jalland Presidents Address

    Br Med J 1882;2:1044

  • The use of Plaster-of-Paris in surgery

    1883 – W.H. Jalland
    Br Med J 1883;1:417

  • The York Medical Society

    1883 – Song sung at the Dinner
    Br Med J 1883;2:952

  • The scientific element in medical education

    1890 – Mr J Hutchinson

    Br Med J 1890; 2

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  • The York Medical Society

    1892 – Sir T. Clifford Albutt

    Br Med J 1892;2:917.3

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  • York Medical Society

    1893 – Mr Victor Horsley

    Br Med J 1893;2:909

  • Treatment by Suggestion

    1893 – Dr Milne Bramwell

    Br Med J 1893;1:178

  • Emotional Expression

    1894 – Sir J. Crichton-Browne

    Br Med J 1894;2:887

  • Exercise and Over-exercise

    1898 – Dr Lauder Brunton

    Br Med J 1898;2:1272

  • THe method of Sherlock Holmes in medicine

    1899 – Dr G Balfour

    Br Med J 1899;2:1808

  • The Prevention of Tuberculosis

    1899 – Mr Frederick Shann

    Br Med J 1899; 1

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1900 - 1999

  • York Medical Society - Inaugural address

    1900 - Professor Alexander Macalister

    Br Med J 1900;2:1207

  • York Medical Society - Inaugural address

    1901 - Dr Savage

    Br Med J 1901;2:1168

  • The History of Medicine in English Literature

    1903 - Dr Norman Moore

    Br Med J 1903;2:1078

  • Social Evolution and Public Health

    1904 - Dr Arthur Newsholme

    Br Med J 1904;2:1356

  • The York Medical Society

    1906 - Dr William Allchin

    Br Med J 1906;2:1144

  • Appendicostomy: With notes on the surgical aspect of Colitis

    1909 – Mr J Bernard Dawson

    Br Med J 1909;;1:78.

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  • Professor Osler on the History of Medicine

    1909 - Professor Osler

    Br Med J 1909;2:1363

  • Some of the Less Common Aspects of Pneumonia

    1910 - Sir Thomas Oliver

    Br Med J 1910;1:1033.

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  • The Diagnosis and Treatment of Sciatica

    1912 - W. Bertram Watson

    Br Med J 1912; 1

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  • The Nature of Pregnancy and its Practical Bearings

    1914 - JW Ballantyne

    Br Med J 1914;1:349

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  • The Treatment of Neglected Cases of Club-foot

    1921 - W. Paynter Noall

    Br Med J 1921;2

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  • Address to York Medical Society on Medical Science and Social Progress

    1935 - Lord Dawson of Penn

    Br Med J 1935;2:829

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  • Maternity in its Sociological Aspects

    1936 - Sir Henry Brackenbury (Oration)

    Br Med J 1936; 2

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  • Gastrisis in Theory and Practice

    1936 - Stanley Hartfall

    Br Med J 1936; 1

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  • Surgical Aspects of Congenital Heart Disease

    1946 - A Rae. Gilcrhist

    Br Med J 1946;1:515

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  • Little grains of sand

    1981 - Sir Ronald Gibson (The 150th Oration)

    Br Med J (Clin Res Ed) 1981; 283

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