Faculty of the History of Medicine and Pharmacy

The Faculty of the History of Medicine and Pharmacy of the Worshipful Society of Apothecaries of London held its seventh annual general meeting in Apothecaries' Hall on 30 April 1966. After formally presenting the annual report to members, the Chairman, Dr. W. S. C. Copeman, conferred the Honorary Fellowship of the Faculty on Professor Adalberto Pazzini (Director of the Institute of the History of Medicine at the University of Rome, and President of the International Society for the History of Medicine), and Professor Marcel Florkin (Director of the Institute of Biochemistry at the University of Liege, and President of the International Academy of the History of Medicine). Professor Filippo Donini, Cultural Attache of the Italian Embassy, and Mr. R. Thissen, Counsellor at the Belgian Embassy, were present at the ceremony as guests of the Faculty. Immediately following the annual general meeting, Sir George Clark gave the Gideon Delaune Lecture, entitled 'The History of the Medical Profession: Aims and Methods'. The full text of this important lecture is published in this issue of Medical History, pages 213-20. The proceedings concluded with the annual Founder Members' Dinner in Apothecaries' Hall. Among the guests on this occasion were Sir George Clark, Sir Arthur Porritt (Master of the Worshipful Society of Apothecaries), Mr. H. C. Edwards and Dr. H. M. Sinclair (Wardens of the Worshipful Society of Apothecaries), Sir John Richardson, Dr. Kenneth Robson (Treasurer, The Royal College of Physicians of London), Professor Sir John McMichael, Professor Adalberto Pazzini and Professor Marcel Florkin (Honorary Fellows), and representatives of three of the Faculty's Institutional Members.