The annual history symposium of the Berkshire Medical Heritage Centre takes place on Saturday 19th November in the Old Library at the Royal Berkshire Hospital. There is a charge of £5 to attendees. Please see the attached document for booking and joining ///details.
The programme is as follows:
9.35 Dr Jamieson Hurry and Reading Abbey
Malcolm Summers
10.15 Are There No Workhouses - Are There No Prisons?
Lionel Williams
10.55 Refreshments (in the Consultants’ Room)
11.25 The Road to the Recognition of Nurse Training - 1890-1922
Betty Messer, Anne Pegram and Judy Williams
12.05 The Discovery of Insulin
Dr Tim Smith
12.45 Temples of Healing: The Evolution of Architecture for Health
Richard Havelock