Tag: Royal Academy of Medicine in Ireland

THE SQUARE PIANO 4th May RAMI

May 3, 2016

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THE SQUARE PIANO: MRS RAY’S ‘INGENIOUS CONTRIVANCE’
Professor Alun Evans, Queens University, Belfast

Royal Academy of Medicine in Ireland, History of Medicine Section, Wednesday 4th May 2016 at 6.15pm Setanta House, (First Floor) Setanta Place, Dublin 2

In the 1820s, Wilson Ray and his wife Frances transformed grave-robbing from a minor sport, enjoyed by Dublin’s medical students and petty crooks, into a thriving export trade. This was driven by an increasing demand for cadavers and the introduction of steamships on Irish Sea routes. In March 1829, Frances was discovered with cadavers concealed in a square piano case, a ‘contrivance’ which she must have employed before. The Rays’ activities were condoned, at least, by some of the leading doctors of the day. In May that year Wilson Ray was tried and found guilty – but guilty of what, precisely?

RAMI seminar: A Dublin Hospital on the Western Front

March 30, 2016

‘A Dublin Hospital on the Western Front’
by Joseph Harbison
Associate Professor, Medical Gerontology, TCD and St James Hospital

Royal Academy of Medicine in Ireland, History of Medicine Section,
Wednesday 6th April 2016 at 6.15pm
Setanta House, (First Floor) Setanta Place, Dublin 2

In 1917 a group of Irish doctors volunteered to take over one of the temporary base hospitals in France, and the 13th Stationary Hospital became the 83rd (Dublin) General Hospital. The 17th / 83rd opened only a couple of months after the outbreak of war, and became a specialist unit for managing face and jaw injuries and eye injuries. It remained in operation until long after the 1918 armistice, even after the departure of its Irish staff.

RAMI Lecture: Medicine and Pharmacy in the 19th Century

November 11, 2015

Medicine and Pharmacy In 19th Century Ireland

by

Brian Cleary,

PhD Chief Pharmacist, Rotunda Hospital, Hon. Associate Professor, RCSI

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Royal Academy of Medicine in Ireland (RAMI), History of Medicine Lecture

Wednesday 18th November 2015 at 6.15pm

Setanta House, (First Floor) Setanta Place, Dublin 2

 This lecture will trace the progress of medicine from ‘doctoring in the dark’ towards rational therapies based in scientific principles.

RAMI Lecture on Michael O’Gorman in Spain

October 21, 2015

Michael O’ Gorman: Physician in the Service of Spain, Founder of Modern Medicine in Argentina

By Susan Wilkinson

This lecture will trace the career of Michael O’ Gorman, who, although born in Ireland, was a physician in the service of Spain, and was appointed Protomedicato in the Viceroyalty of Rio de la Plata. He established the first medical school there, and is regarded as the founder modern medicine in Argentina.

Hosted by the Royal Academy of Medicine in Ireland (RAMI), History of Medicine Section,

Wednesday 28th October 2015 6.15 pm, Setanta House, (1st Floor)

All Welcome, Particularly Students.

Inauguration of the Tribunal of the Protomedicato in Buenes Aires, 1780, Michael O’ Gorman in the centre
Inauguration of the Tribunal of the Protomedicato in Buenes Aires, 1780, Michael O’ Gorman in the centre
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William Wilde Bi-Centenary Symposium

March 5, 2015

The Royal Academy of Medicine in Ireland History of Medicine Section will present a one day William Wilde Bi-Centenary Symposium.

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Sir William Wilde MD, FRCSI,(1815-1876)

Wednesday 6th May 2015 4pm

Winter Hall, Royal College Physicians Ireland, 6 Kildare St., Dublin.

Speakers:

William Wilde in the West of Ireland. Davis Coakley, Royal Academy of Medicine in Ireland.

‘By this disease people are rendered unable to earn their living’ William Wilde, Oculist to Her Majesty. Susan Mullaney, Royal Academy of Medicine in Ireland.

William Wilde and 1 Merrion Square. Rory Mc Entegart, Academic Dean, American College, Dublin.

Sir William Wilde’s Contribution to Otology. Michael Walsh, William Wilde Chair in E.N.T. Surgery, RCSI.

The Demographic Work of Sir William Wilde. Sir Peter Froggatt, Queens University, Belfast.

Sir William Wilde, an Enlightened Editor. Mary O’Doherty, RCSI Heritage Collections Librarian.

Sir William Wilde: Social Historian. Laurence Geary, University College Cork.

Wilde’s Worlds: Sir William Wilde in Victorian Ireland. James Mc Geachie, Ulster University.

Chair: Clive Lee, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland

Tours of Number 1 Merrion Square will be available on the day starting at 2pm, please meet at the front door of Number 1.

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