Upcoming events and meetings of interest:

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16th October 2018 - ​Facing up to Difficulties: Anaesthesia and Facial Surgery in WWI

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It’s been almost a century since Armistice Day and the end of the horrors of the Great War. Soldiers returned from the front bearing injuries and scars on their bodies. Among the many medical challenges during this period in time was to provide Anaesthesia for those with severe facial injuries. The ‘normal’ technique at the time was to use a wire frame mask held over the nose and mouth, but these facial injuries made it impossible to either use anaesthesia or to do surgery without it. New developments in anaesthesia and surgery were needed. The anaesthetists Ivan Magill (photo) and Stanley Rowbotham together with the surgeon Harold Gillies were the men who rose to the challenge.  In this Year’s World Anaesthesia Day Talk, David Wilkinson (Past President of the WFSA, Previous Vice President of the AAGBI)will explore the advances made in anaesthesia that resulted from the experiences during World War I.
The Old Operating Theatre and Herb Garret
16th October 2018
Doors will open at 6:30 for 7.00 pm.
Tickets: £12.00
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/facing-up-to-difficulties-anaesthesia-and-facial-surgery-in-wwi-tickets-48595182499

AAGBI Anaesthesia Heritage Centre exhibition series

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Jon Baines Tours
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Jon Baines Tours runs specialist medical and medical history study tours and cruises. They combine specialist visits and meetings with lectures and cultural experiences. They are led by a tour leader who adds to the experience through talks and commentaries. Tour Leaders include Dr Simon Chaplin from the Welcome Collection, David Wilkinson former President of the WFSA, Natasha McEnroe from the Science Museum in London and medical historians Bill and Helen Bynum and Dr John Richardson, amongst others.
Full details are here www.jonbainestours.com and the company can be contacted at 020 7223 9485 or info@jonbainestours.co.uk .
Some upcoming medical history tours and cruises that may be of interest include Malta, Morocco, Russia, China, Myanmar, Vietnam and Cambodia and the Caribbean.