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British Medical Association

Categories: Medicine

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Founded as the Provincial Medical and Surgical Association (PMSA) by Sir Charles Hastings in Worcester.

In 1836 Dr George Webster founded an organisation called the British Medical Association. From : "Its purpose was political in that it intended to instigate legislation to improve the state of general practice." When it was dissolved in 1845 the PMSA quickly took over the name.

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British Medical Association

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Clock at BMA

The clock above was presented to the British Medical Association by Mrs Marga...

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Charles Dickens inside the BMA

This same building is commemorated at the Charles Dickens home memorial.

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Clock at BMA

The clock above was presented to the British Medical Association by Mrs Marga...

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WW1 gates at BMA

2019: We are grateful to Justin Barkham who pointed out that we had incorrect...

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WW2 fountain at BMA

The memorial was designed by Pierce. The 4 statues were sculpted by Woodford....

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Edward Meryon

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Dogs killed in medical experiments in 1902

Dogs killed in medical experiments in 1902

232 dogs died in 1902 as a result of medical experiments. Wikipedia gives: "In 1875 there were around 300 experiments on animals in the UK, a figure that had risen to 19,084 in 1903 when the brown...

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Homoeopathic doctors and colleagues

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