Heritage Event 2019
Wednesday, 08 May 2019
Suttie Centre
Winning the Peace?
"The Scottish Women's Hospital - in the Cloister of the Abbaye at Royaumont. Dr. Frances Ivens inspecting a French patient.” by Norah Neilson Gray
© Imperial War Museum
The duty of care to patients is the same whether it is a time of war or peace.
On 8 May 2019 there will be a symposium acknowledging the medical advances which have occurred during military campaigns. The speakers will also address present day challenges faced by health professionals.
Venue: Suttie Centre for Teaching & Learning in Healthcare, Foresterhill, Aberdeen AB25 2ZD
Date: 8 May 2019
Time: 7- 9.30pm
The programme will include material which may be upsetting to some and may not be suitable for children under 12.
The Exhibition
Suttie Room 402 4pm to 7pm
This display will illustrate challenges faced in wartime and some of the innovations in medical treatments.
Staff from 205 (Scottish) Field Hospital will demonstrate the equipment currently used by the military services.
The Symposium was recorded by video-capture. Presentations and audio recordings are made available for private study only.
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The Symposium
Recordings:
Suttie Lecture Theatre 7pm to 9.30pm
There will be a presentation illustrating how lessons in the field have led to the development of emergency care in the NHS. Also examples of wartime innovations which have given rise to new treatments such as chemotherapy or investigations such as ultrasound.
Speakers will also address present day challenges in public health both in the UK and across the World.
PREMIERE
The Society has commissioned Paul Anderson to compose and play music as a memorial to those who sought to save lives during World War I.
Programme
Winning the peace?
Part 1 - 7 pm Welcome & Introduction by
Stephen Lynch, President of the Aberdeen Medico-Chirurgical Society
Paul Anderson plays ‘Winning the peace’
Responding to emergencies and pre - hospital care.
Andrew Gilmour, Officer Commanding, Aberdeen Detachment, 205 (Scottish) Field Hospital
Medical Advances as a result of WW1
From SONAR to sonography; a legacy to future generations
George A Corner, Professor, Bioengineering Research Centre, University of Dundee
Development of the first chemotherapy drug from mustard agent
Heather M Wallace, Professor in Biochemical Pharmacology & Toxicology, University of Aberdeen
8.15 pm Refreshments
Partt 2 - 8.45 pm The relationship between the state and the individual
Introduction by William Reith, President-Elect of the Aberdeen Medico-Chirurgical Society
What has changed?
Elizabeth M Russell, Professor of Social Medicine, University of Aberdeen
Services for children
Stephen W Turner, Professor of Child Health, University of Aberdeen
A worldwide perspective
W Cairns S Smith, Professor of Public Health, University of Aberdeen