The scottish society of the history of medicine.

even as far south as Wales Clapperton's work is to be seen in the figure of Bishop Morgan on Cardiff City Hall. Chelsea Physic Garden was founded in 1673 by the Society of Apothecaries and the Garden has associations with Scotland. It was James VI who founded the Society at Blackfriars, and during the eighteenth century the garden was much frequented by Mrs. Elizabeth Blackwell during the preparation of her beautifully illustrated botanical volumes. In this way she raised the money to release her husband from a debtors' prison, at the same time attracting the attention of many eminent individuals including Dr. Richard Mead and Sir Hans Sloane. In March 1973 it was announced that one of Scotland's most significant documents describing the social scene in the late eighteenth century was to be republished in twenty volumes. The Statistical account, appearing between 1792 and 1799 is a rich source of medical information on the Scotland of the period. The first volume of the projected re-publication is scheduled to appear later this year. A major commemorative event in Scotland and Africa during May and subsequent months in 1973 was the centenary of the death of David Livingstone. A special stamp was issued by the Post Office and celebrations were held in both countries. Books, both critical and adulatory of Livingstone, were published, but maybe, as doctors, we would still prefer Professor Michael Gelfand's study, Livingstone the doctor (1957). The Society was very fortunate in being able to have Professor George Shepperson, Professor of Commonwealth and American History at Edinburgh University, as its speaker at the meeting held on 23 June. Professor Shepperson has studied Livingstone deeply, has written much about him, and as was to be expected, gave not only an interesting address but a penetrating analysis of Livingstone's character and of his place in history. On 6 June the Postgraduate Medical Centre at Raigmore Hospital, Inverness, was officially opened by Dr. Christopher Clayson. Dr. I. J. T. Davies is the regional director of postgraduate medical education at the centre. A service was held in Greyfriars Kirk, Edinburgh, on 9 September to mark the centenary of the death of the Reverend Dr. Thomas Guthrie. Although not the founder of ragged industrial schools in Scotland-this honour belongs to Sheriff Watson of Aberdeen-Guthrie in 1847 threw himself wholeheartedly into the movement and the industrial schools named after him became well known. He was among the first to appreciate the value of the ragged industrial school movement as a preventive measure in dealing with juvenile delinquency.