Harvey Society
Formation | 1905 |
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Founded at | New York City |
Key people | William Harvey Graham Lusk Simon Flexner George B. Wallace Frederick S. Lee |
The Harvey Society is a learned society based in New York City, Named after the British scientist William Harvey (1578–1657), its scope is "the diffusion of knowledge of the medical sciences".[1] Since its founding in 1905, the society has sponsored an annual series of lectures given by leading biomedical researchers which it publishes in book form at the end of the year. The society's seven annual lectures are now held at Rockefeller University's Caspary Auditorium.[2]
History
On 1 April 1905 a group of 13 prominent New York physicians and scientists met at 9
The society's first meeting took place on October 7, 1905 in the
In briefly reviewing the first 25 years of the Harvey Society Lectures, Rufus Cole wrote in 1930:[6]
The Harvey Society Lectures do not deal with any single phase of human biological phenomena. They represent a sort of symposium in which workers from various fields of science report their results. In choosing the lecturers, however, the attempt is made to bring together men who have some interest in the problems of human disease, though it is realized that at times this interest may be very remote.
Founding officers and members
The society's founding officers were:[3]
- Graham Lusk, President
- Simon Flexner, Vice President
- George B. Wallace, Secretary
- Frederick S. Lee, Treasurer
Other founding members included
- Samuel James Meltzer
- William H. Park
- Edward K. Dunham
- James Ewing
- Christian Herter
- Theodore C. Janeway
- Phoebus A. Levene
- Eugene Lindsay Opie
Other notable medical associations named after William Harvey
The Harveian Society of Edinburgh was founded in 1782 by Dr Andrew Duncan.[7][8] The Society holds an annual Festival in honour of Harvey in either the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh or the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. At the annual Festival, an oration is given by the President to commemorate Harvey's life and work.
The Harveian Society of London is a medical society founded in 1831 based in The Medical Society of London, Chandos Street, in Cavendish Square.
The Royal College of Physicians of London holds an annual lecture established by William Harvey in 1656 called the Harveian Oration.
The Harvey Club of London, the oldest medical club in Canada, was founded in 1919 and is based in the University of Western Ontario.
References
- PMID 17839933.)
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link - ^ Harvey Society. Introduction
- ^ a b Harvey Society. History
- New York Times (8 October 1905). "Medical Scientists Meet; Harvey Society Formed for Original Research and Experiments".
- ^ Harvey Society of New York (1906). The Harvey Lectures, pp. 9–11. J. B. Lippincott & Co.
- PMID 17839933. (quote from p. 620)
- ^ Minute Books of the Harveian Society. Library of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.
- ^ Watson Wemyss, Herbert Lindesay (1933). A Record of the Edinburgh Harveian Society. T&A Constable, Edinburgh.