The Clinical Society of London was founded in London in 1868 and merged in 1907 with the Royal Society of Medicine.
The founding of the Clinical Society was mainly due to Drs.
Edward Headlam Greenhow
Edward Headlam Greenhow FRS, FRCP (1814 – 22 April 1888) was an English physician, epidemiologist, sanitarian, statistician, clinician and lecturer.
Life and career
Greenhow was born at North Shields in 1814, and after receiving his medica ...
and
John Burdon Sanderson
Sir John Scott Burdon-Sanderson, 1st Baronet, FRS, H FRSE D.Sc. (21 December 182823 November 1905) was an English physiologist born near Newcastle upon Tyne, and a member of a well known Northumbrian family.
Biography
He was born at Jesmon ...
who convened a meeting to discuss the formation of a society "''for the cultivation and promotion of practical medicine and surgery by the collection of cases, especially such as bear upon undetermined questions in pathology and therapeutics''".
Sir Thomas Watson was appointed first president and some 110 members recruited and the first general meeting held on 10 January 1868. Ordinary meetings were then held twice a month from October to May, at which short papers were submitted and discussed. The specific medical cases discussed were drawn from all branches of medicine. An annual general meeting was held at which officers were elected. Presidents served for two years.
In 1896 the society invited Professor
Silvanus Phillips Thompson
Silvanus Phillips Thompson (19 June 1851 – 12 June 1916) was a professor of physics at the City and Guilds Technical College in Finsbury, England. He was elected to the Royal Society in 1891 and was known for his work as an electrical engin ...
to demonstrate the new x-ray machine before 400 members.
When in 1907 the society merged with the
Royal Society of Medicine
The Royal Society of Medicine (RSM) is a medical society in the United Kingdom, headquartered in London.
History
The Society was established in 1805 as Medical and Chirurgical Society of London, meeting in two rooms in barristers’ chambers ...
it numbered 572 ordinary members and 16 honorary members.
Presidents
Source:Clinical Society
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Learned societies of the United Kingdom
Professional associations based in the United Kingdom
Clubs and societies in London
Organizations established in 1868