This year’s Broadsheet is now available Featuring: Pumphandle lecture 2016 Reports from Chapters of the Society Updates on the missing pump Other news
Author archives: The John Snow Society
Blessed Chloroform Lecture free for members
‘The Society of Anaesthetists: a Methodological Approach to its History’ – John Snow Society members invited to join lecture for free. Members of the John Snow Society are invited to join the lecture from the History of Anaesthesia Society on ‘The Society of Anaesthetists: a Methodological Approach to its History’ for free. This Blessed Chloroform Lecture …
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Pump due to return
Latest update on when the pump may be reinstated Westminster City Council have advised that the pump may be reinstated in around six months’ time, and we are hopeful that it will be replaced near the pub. As shown in the photograph, an image of the pump is currently displayed on the pub hoarding whilst the …
Where’s the pump?
Pump due to feature on a hoarding Watch this space near the John Snow pub; an image of the pump is due to appear on nearby hoarding while we await the return of the statue of Snow’s pump which was removed in January during construction work
2015 Atul Gawande – On removing the pumphandle: innovation and implementation
The 23rd annual Pumphandle Lecture was given on the 8th of October 2015 by Dr Atul Gawande, Professor of Surgery and of Public Health at Harvard, well known author (eg The Checklist Manifesto and Being Mortal), and Executive Director of Ariadne Labs, a joint centre for health systems innovation, as well as Chairman ofLifebox, a …
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2015 Broadsheet now available to read
This year’s Broadsheet is now available Featuring: Reports from Chapters of the Society Pumphandle lecture 2015 Latest news
John Snow Memorial
Money raised for repairs to the John Snow memorial. The need for repairs to the memorial by Dr. Snow’s grave was noted in Broadsheet 2014. The original memorial was damaged during WWII and was replaced by the Association of Anaesthetists for Great Britain and Ireland (AAGBI) and the History of Anaesthesia Society, but over the …
2014 Jeremy Farrar- Medicine and public health: divorced for too long
2013 Julie Cliff – From London to Mozambique, from cholera to konzo
2013 Bicentenary Event – Epidemiology Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow
Several events have marked the bicentenary of John Snow’s birth (March 15 1813), including a day-long meeting in York, Snow’s birthplace, and a special session of the American Epidemiological Society. The biggest celebrations were held in London: two international meetings on the Legacy of John Snow and an art exhibition on disease mapping, all at …
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