Royal Medical Society

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Royal Medical Society

Abbreviation	RMS
Formation	1737, Royal Charter 1778
Purpose	Medical student society, educational and social
Location	University of Edinburgh
Website	www.royalmedical.co.uk

The Royal Medical Society (RMS) is a society run by students at the University of Edinburgh Medical School, Scotland. It claims to be the oldest medical society in the United Kingdom although this claim is also made by the earlier London-based Society of Apothecaries^[1] (1617). The current president of the 286th session is fourth-year medical student Miss Prithi Natarajan.^[2] The RMS is a professional society engaged in the advancement of medical knowledge and provision of assistance to medical students and professionals.