Founded in 1828, the Nottingham Medico-Chirurgical Society is one of the oldest medical societies in the UK. This is a collection of minutes of the lecture series in PDF format.
Nottingham Medico-Chirurgical Society
Presidential address, Dr Jim McCracken “Young men shall see visions and old men shall dream dreams”
Professor Craig Sharp: “Citius, Altius, Fortius” the Olympic ideal
Sir Montague Levine, Coroner, Southwark Coroner’s Court: “Murder, Mayhem and Misadventure”
Professor Andrew Read, Professor of Human Genetics and Head of the University Medical Genetics Group at Manchester University. "The Human Genome Project”
Professor J Gordon McVie, the first NHS Consultant Medical Oncologist in Scotland in 1976 and Clinical Research Director of the Netherlands Cancer Institute in Amsterdam and the Scientific Director of the United Kingdom Cancer Research Campaign, of which he was the Director General. Professor McVie’s main areas of interest concern the discovery of new anti-cancer drugs, clinical pharmacology in relation to drug targeting, and clinical trials. He has also written five books and published over 200 research papers. Professor McVie’s talk was entitled “The future therapeutic jigsaw of cancer care”
Professor Derek Burke, past Vice Chancellor of East Anglia University, spoke on the ethics of genetic modification of food “Armageddon or Utopia”
Professor Susan Greenfield, Professor of Synaptic Pharmacology at Oxford University: “Vision of the future: dream or nightmare”
Mr Colin Dexter, best known as the crime writer behind the “Inspector Morse”
Professor Jock Murray: “When Illness Strikes a National Leader: Past and Present Concerns"
Dr Jasmeet Soar, a consultant in anaesthetics and intensive care at the North Bristol Trust: “The Orbis Project – a glimmer of hope”
Mr Kevin P Gibbin, entitled: “Is this Wembley . . .?” Presidential address.
Professor Mike Pringle: “Diabetes Care: the NHS at its best and worst”
Mr Eric Caines; “Doctors and Manager – Doctors as Managers?”
Professor Robert Will, Director of the National CJD Surveillance Unit based in Edinburgh, and a pioneering research and clinical neurologist in the area of BSE and CJD and recently awarded a CBE in recognition of his pioneering work
Professor John Ward: Professor Tony Mitchell memorial lecture: “Strange attitudes towards exercise and diet”
Professor Wendy Savage: “Ethics and Reproduction”
Professor Colin Blakemore: “Plasticity of the Brain: How, Why, Why?”
Mr Leon Lindsey, a consultant ENT surgeon from Sunderland: “Paperless Practice: Fact or Fiction?”
Professor Liam Donaldson, Chief Medical Officer: “High Quality Healthcare in a Changing World”
Mr Martin Bailey, Paediatric Consultant Otorhinolaryngologist at Great Ormond Street: "General and Specialist Services for Children"
Dr Rami Seth: "Ramifications"
Judge John Hopkin - “I Am Not Frightened Of You Sonny”
Dr Steve Peters - "What is a psychopath?"
Professor Jon Cohen: “A Nasty Shock”
Professor Dua: “The Eye of the Beholder”
Lord Parekh: “What Does It Mean To Be British?”
Lynn Faulds Wood “Bowels and Bottoms”
Sir Peter Morris, Nuffield Professor of Surgery at Oxford University and President of the Royal College of Surgeons: “Life on a Knife’s Edge”
Dr Tim Hunt: “The Cell Cycle And Cancer – An Aim in the Wrong Direction”.
Mr Hilton-Barber “Challenging Barriers”
Presidential Address Professor Alan Watson: Peregrinations
Professor Drife: Triumphs and Tragedies – The Story of Maternal Mortality
Mr Andrew Jefford. “Wines from the New France”.
Professor Ian Macdonald, who is Professor of Metabolic Physiology at the Queens Medical Centre : Obesity: Why Worry? (A cautionary tale for Christmas).
Professor Parkin - Genetics, Bird Migration and Global Warming.
Dr Mike Shooter: Bad Patients or Bad Legislation: Mental Health Services in the 21st Century.
Professor Alan Watson: The Human Tissue Bill
Professor Alan Craft, President of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health: Is Cinderella Ready for the Ball?
Ms Lesley Smith, Curator of Tutbury Castle - 'Queen Elizabeth I'.
Professor John Burn, Professor of Clinical Genetics at the Institute of Human Genetics in Newcastle Upon Tyne and a clinical director of Northern Genetics and the Director of Cancer UK: 'Iron on the Brain'
Professor Sir Graeme Catto: General Medical Council (GMC) – All Change?
Presidential address Dr Michael Elliott 'Who Do These Scots Think They Are?'
Dr David Mellor. Dr Mellor was now retired, having been a former paediatric neurologist at the Queens Medical Centre, Nottingham for many years. He gave his talk entitled: Lord Byron, My Patient.
Mr Julian Ellis From Brassière Strap to Bra Line Incision.
Professor Peter Tyrer - 'Treating Depression & Anxiety: How Did We Get Into This Mess?'
Mr Richard Ashpole, Surgeon Commander in the Naval Reserve but better known as a consultant neurosurgeon at University Hospital, 'Doctor at Sea – Naval Neurosurgery in the Gulf War'
Dr Maurice King - Demographic Entrapment in the Third World.
The Right Honourable Frank Dobson, MP - The Corridors of Power.
Dr Ernie Armstong the Chief Medical Officer for Scotland - “ Health is Wealth”.
Professor Bryan Williams 'How and Why We Should Treat Hypertension'.
Dr. Peter Bartlett - 'The Test of Compulsion in Mental Health Law'.
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