As announced today in the 2019 Broadsheet, the 2019 Pumphandle Lecture will be held at 17.30 on Wednesday 4th September 2019 at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. The lecture will be given by Eliza Manningham-Buller, Chair of The Wellcome Trust and Co-President of Chatham House, and ex-Director General of MI5. She will …
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2018 Broadsheet now available to read
This year’s Broadsheet is now available.
2018 Pumphandle Lecture
The 2018 Pumphandle Lecture will be held at 17.30 on Thursday 6th September 2018 at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. The Society is proud to annouce that Dr Joanne Liu, International President of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)/Doctors Without Borders, will be speaking at the 2018 Pumphandle Lecture on ‘The Cost of Fear: humanitarian …
Pump replica to be reinstalled on Broadwick Street
The John Snow pump has been reinstalled! A replica of the infamous John Snow pump has been reinstalled on Broadwick Street in Soho, and will be unveiled at the Broadwick Street (John Snow) Pump Unveiling, this Friday, 20th July at 8am. Rosalind Stanwell-Smith, Trustee of the John Snow Society, and Cllr Beddoe, Westminster City Council Cabinet Member for Place Shaping and …
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Uncomfortably Numb: a musical fundraiser for the John Snow Society
April 19th 2018 from 7.45pm at Paper Dress Vintage, 352a Mare St, London E8 1HR The John Snow Society is holding its inaugural musical fundraiser, featuring performances by The Hare and Hoofe, Kape Kanaveral, LIND, and Fox Logic, and DJs Mark Rostron and Katie Steels! The event will be held on 19th April 2018, from 7:45pm – midnight at Paper …
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2017 Broadsheet now available to read
This year’s Broadsheet is now available Featuring: Pumphandle lecture 201724th Pumphandle lecture and AGM 2016Updates on the missing pumpReports from Chapters of the SocietyOther news
2016 Pumphandle Lecture & AGM
Paul Spiegel on the need for a new pumphandle in humanitarian crisesThe society is proud to have hosted Paul Spiegel with his lecture on “The Syrian conflict and its effects on the future of humanitarian response: we need a new pumphandle”. A record number of ticket reservations for this event was recorded. As usual, the lecture …
2016 Broadsheet now available to read
This year’s Broadsheet is now available Featuring: Pumphandle lecture 2016 Reports from Chapters of the Society Updates on the missing pump Other news
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 …