Lumleian Lectures
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The Lumleian Lectures are a series of annual lectures run by the Royal College of Physicians
of London, started in 1582 and now run by the Lumleian Trust. The name commemorates John Lumley, 1st Baron Lumley
, who with Richard Caldwell of the College endowed the lectures, initially confined to surgery
, but now on general medicine. The work of William Harvey
on the circulation of the blood was first announced by him in the Lumleian Lecture for 1616. By that time ambitious plans for a full anatomy course based on weekly lectures had been scaled back to a lecture three times a year.
Royal College of Physicians
The Royal College of Physicians of London was founded in 1518 as the College of Physicians by royal charter of King Henry VIII in 1518 - the first medical institution in England to receive a royal charter...
of London, started in 1582 and now run by the Lumleian Trust. The name commemorates John Lumley, 1st Baron Lumley
John Lumley, 1st Baron Lumley
John Lumley, 1st Baron Lumley was an English aristocrat.- Early life :John Lumley was born about 1533, was grandson and heir of John, Lord Lumley, being son and heir of his only son and heir apparent George Lumley by Jane second daughter and coheir of Sir Richard Knightly of Upton,...
, who with Richard Caldwell of the College endowed the lectures, initially confined to surgery
Surgery
Surgery is an ancient medical specialty that uses operative manual and instrumental techniques on a patient to investigate and/or treat a pathological condition such as disease or injury, or to help improve bodily function or appearance.An act of performing surgery may be called a surgical...
, but now on general medicine. The work of William Harvey
William Harvey
William Harvey was an English physician who was the first person to describe completely and in detail the systemic circulation and properties of blood being pumped to the body by the heart...
on the circulation of the blood was first announced by him in the Lumleian Lecture for 1616. By that time ambitious plans for a full anatomy course based on weekly lectures had been scaled back to a lecture three times a year.
Lecturers (incomplete list)
1811-1900
1901-2000
2001 onwards
- 2003 Rodney Phillips, Immunology as taught by Darwin
- 2004 Michael C. Sheppard, Growth Hormone - from Molecule to Mortality
- 2005 Steve Bloom, Gut feeling – the secret of satiety
- 2006 E.Elias, Co-ordinated defence and the liver
- 2007 Julian PetoJulian PetoJulian Peto is an English statistician and cancer epidemiologist. He is Cancer Research UK Chair of Epidemiology at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and the Institute of Cancer Research...
, Asbestos and the mesothelioma epidemic - 2008 Jeremy J. Farrar, Globalisation and infectious diseases; a threat and an opportunity for collaborative clinical science