British Society for the History of Medicine

The British Society for the History of Medicine

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Formation	1965
Founder	Section for the History of Medicine, The Royal Society of Medicine, London Osler Club of London Faculty of the History of Medicine and Pharmacy Scottish Society of the History of Medicine
Founded at	Royal Society of Medicine
Fields	History of medicine
1st President	Douglas Guthrie
Present President	Edward Wawrzynczak
Immediate Past President	Mike Davidson
Vice President	Hilary Morris
Website	bshm.org.uk

The British Society for the History of Medicine (BSHM) is an umbrella organisation of History of medicine societies throughout the United Kingdom, with particular representation to the International Society for the History of Medicine. It has grown from the original four affiliated societies in 1965; the Section for the History of Medicine, The Royal Society of Medicine, London, Osler Club of London, Faculty of the History of Medicine and Pharmacy and the Scottish Society of the History of Medicine, to twenty affiliated societies in 2018.

The society holds its congress biennially in centres around the UK, with the eponymous Poynter Lecture, named after librarian and medical historian F. N. L. Poynter, being held on alternate years in London.