Pathological Society of London

Not to be confused with Pathological Society of Great Britain and Ireland.

The Pathological Society of London was founded in 1846 for the "cultivation and promotion of pathology by the exhibition and description of specimens, drawings, microscopic preparations, casts or models of morbid parts."[1]

Its first meeting was held in February 1847 at which C. J. B. Williams was elected as the society's first president and 106 members enrolled.[1] Early members included Richard Bright, Golding Bird, William Gull, William Jenner, Henry Bence Jones and Richard Quain.[1]

The society published 58 volumes of the Transactions of the Pathological Society of London.[citation needed]

In 1907 it was merged with the Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society of London and other societies to become the Royal Society of Medicine.[2][3]

  1. ^ a b c Dean, H. R. (October 1946), "The Pathological Society of London", Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine, 39 (12), Royal Society of Medicine Press: 823–827, doi:10.1177/003591574603901218, PMC 2182434, PMID 19993415
  2. ^ "Royal Society of Medicine Records". 1907–1975. Archived from the original on 24 June 2023. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
  3. ^ Hunting, Penelope (2002). "7. The first sections at the Society". The History of The Royal Society of Medicine. Royal Society of Medicine Press. pp. 213–300. ISBN 1-85315-497-0.