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Not to be confused with Royal Medical Society.

Royal Society of Medicine
Formation1912 05 21
Headquarters1 Wimpole Street, London, W1G 0AE
Location
  • United Kingdom
Membership
22,000
Official language
English
President
Roger Kirby
Websitewww.rsm.ac.uk

The Royal Society of Medicine (RSM) is a medical society in the United Kingdom, headquartered in London.[1][2]

History

The Royal Society of Medicine was formed in 1907 by the merging of 17 individual medical specialty societies with the Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society of London (RMCS), reflecting the growing acceptance of specialties at that time.[3][a] Key figures in its founding were John MacAlister, the resident librarian at the RMCS since 1886 and promotor of postgraduate education, and his popular supporter, Sir William Osler, who donated £500 to the building funds in 1910.[3][b]

19th century

In 1805, John Yelloly, Alexander Marcet and William Saunders left the Medical Society of London as a protest against its president James Sims, and created the Medical and Chirurgical Society of London.[1] It first met in two rooms in barristers' chambers at Gray's Inn and later moved to Lincoln's Inn Fields where it stayed for 25 years.[1] In 1834 it was granted a Royal Charter by King William IV, became the Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society of London, and in the same year moved to Berners Street.[1] It moved to Hanover Square in 1889, and by 1891 the building there housed 16 separate medical societies.[1]

  • Librarian's room. 2 Verulam Buildings, Gray's Inn
    Librarian's room. 2 Verulam Buildings, Gray's Inn
  • Library and Reading Room. Berners Street
    Library and Reading Room. Berners Street

20th century

In 1905, at his RMCS presidential address, Sir Richard Douglas Powell delivered an official proposal to form one co-ordinated central organisation consisting of sections that represent the varied specialties.[6] The first president was Sir William Selby Church.[7] Under the leadership of MacAlister and Osler several medical societies merged with the RMCS of London to form the Royal Society of Medicine (RSM) in 1907, but the Medical Society of London remained separate.[8][9] The Harveian Society and Hunterian Society were kept out as it was decided that these two societies served different purposes.[6]

Between 1907 and 1909, the 17 old societies that had merged, formed their corresponding specialty sections at the new RSM.[10] The sections of medicine and surgery were created from the RMCS.[1]

In 1910 the Society acquired the site on the corner of Wimpole Street and Henrietta Place, which was opened by King George V and Queen Mary in May 1912.[9] It was designed by architects John Belcher and J. J. Joass.[1] The building housed the Marcus Beck Laboratory, where animal experiments were carried out by Sir Ronald Ross.[1] In the first nine months membership increased from 1,322 to 2,025.[3]

The Emergency Surgical Aid Corps occupied the building during the First World War.[1] In 1919, the Postgraduate Medical Association was created there.[1] Chandos House was acquired and later sold in 1986.[11]

  • Chandos House
    Chandos House

21st century

In 2005, the building was redeveloped.[1] The library and entrance was renovated, a lecture theatre for 300 people was built, and the atrium was created.[1] Chandos House was re-acquired in 2002.[11] The former building at Hanover Square was sold.[1][when?] By 2020, membership included around 35,000 healthcare professionals and physicians.[3] The number of sections by this time numbered 58 and the Society was hosting around 400 events a year.[3]

  • Entrance
    Entrance
  • Chandos House
    Chandos House
  • Heritage Centre
    Heritage Centre

The logo features Cosmas and Damian.[12]

Library

The RSM is home to one of the largest medical libraries in Europe.[1] It is open to members of the public,[13] who can visit its exhibitions and become temporary members to make use of its reference facilities. The Library represents one of the largest postgraduate biomedical collections in Europe and contains around 600,000 volumes. This includes William Harvey's Exercitatio anatomica de motu cordis et sanguinisin animalbus. Due to its historical Library holdings, the Royal Society of Medicine is a member of The London Museums of Health & Medicine group.[14]

Governance

The Council is the governing body of the Society and is responsible for setting the overall strategic direction of the RSM. Council members are the Society's Trustees.[15] The Council is chaired by the President, who has a three-year term of office.[citation needed]

There are four Standing Committees (Education, Audit and Risk, Finance and Investment, Remuneration, People and Culture).

The Chief Executive[16] is responsible for the day-to-day management and leads the Senior Management Team, comprising the Directors and the Dean of Education. Each Director has their own specific responsibilities.[17]

Presidents

Main article: List of Presidents of the Royal Society of Medicine

Recent presidents of the society have been:

Membership

Fellowship of the RSM[18] is open to those who hold a UK recognised medical, dental or veterinary qualification. Associate membership[19][dead link] is open to those who do not qualify for Fellowship but who work within the healthcare sector or have an interest in healthcare issues. The Society also welcomes student members of medicine, dentistry and veterinary science as members.[20] In addition there are up to one hundred Honorary Fellows, drawn from internationally distinguished members of the medical profession and branches of science and allied humanities, who are awarded this honour by Council.[21]

Famous Honorary Fellows (of the Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society of London) include:

Sections

Section Councils are responsible for planning the majority of the RSM's education programme. Each section is led by a section president, and supported by its respective Section Council, which members may apply to join.[22]

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine

Main article: Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine

The Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine is published by SAGE Publishing, and is editorially independent from the Royal Society of Medicine.[23]

Awards

Ellison-Cliffe

Main article: Ellison–Cliffe Lecture

The annual Ellison-Cliffe Travelling Fellowship of £15,000 is open to Fellows of the Royal Society of Medicine working in the UK or Ireland who are of specialist registrar or lecturer grade or equivalent or who are consultants within three years of their first consultant appointment.[24] The Society hosts the annual Ellison-Cliffe Lecture concerning the advancement of medicine, along with the associated award of a medal.[25] Past presenters/recipients include Sir Walter Bodmer, Lord George Porter, Sir Colin Blakemore and Kevin Warwick.[citation needed]

Norah Schuster prize

The History of Medicine Society's Norah Schuster prize is awarded annually to one or more essays in the history of medicine.[24][26]

Gold Medal

The Society's Gold Medal is awarded for outstanding contribution to medicine. Past recipients have included Wilfred Trotter (1938), Sir Alexander Fleming (1947), Lord Florey (1947), Sir Martin John Evans (2009), Lord Walton of Detchant (2014), Sir Michael Marmot (2017) and more recently Dame Sarah Gilbert (2021).[citation needed]

Edward Jenner Medal

Main article: Edward Jenner Medal

The Edward Jenner Medal was originally established in 1896 by the Epidemiological Society of London (1850–1907) to commemorate the centenary of Edward Jenner's discovery of a means of smallpox vaccination. It is awarded periodically by the RSM to individuals who have undertaken distinguished work in epidemiological research.[citation needed]

Notes

  1. ^ Although it became the RSM in 1907, it is generally accepted by historians of the Society that its origins date back to 1805.[4]
  2. ^ Osler twice turned down offers to be the president of the RSM. He did found the History of medicine Section in 1912 and hoping the position might go to younger person, he reluctantly became the first president of that Section.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Hunting, P (2005). "The Royal Society of Medicine". Postgraduate Medical Journal. 81 (951): 45–48. doi:10.1136/pgmj.2003.018424. PMC 1743179. PMID 15640428.
  2. ^ "Courses with Royal Society of Medicine". BMJ Careers Course finder. British Medical Journal. Archived from the original on 25 June 2023. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
  3. ^ a b c d e Jackson, Barry (2020). "Royal Society of Medicine". In Bryan, Charles S. (ed.). Sir William Osler: an encyclopedia. Novato, California: Norman Publishing. pp. 707–708. ISBN 978-0-930405-91-5. OCLC 1151926858.
  4. ^ Hunting, Penelope (2002). "Preface". The History of The Royal Society of Medicine. Royal Society of Medicine Press. p. xix. ISBN 1-85315-497-0.
  5. ^ Bliss, Michael (1999). "9. A delightful life and place". William Osler, A lifetime in medicine. Oxford University Press. pp. 332–368. ISBN 0195123468.
  6. ^ a b Hunting, Penelope (2002). "5. The Society at Hanover Square". The History of The Royal Society of Medicine. Royal Society of Medicine Press. pp. 157–176. ISBN 1-85315-497-0.
  7. ^ Hunting, Penelope (2002). "Appendix: Presidents of the Society 1805-2000". The History of The Royal Society of Medicine. Royal Society of Medicine Press. pp. 481–482. ISBN 1-85315-497-0.
  8. ^ Hunting, Penelope (2002). "2. The Medical and Chirurgical Society". The History of The Royal Society of Medicine. Royal Society of Medicine Press. pp. 23–66. ISBN 1-85315-497-0.
  9. ^ a b "History of the RSM | The Royal Society of Medicine". www.rsm.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 24 June 2023. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
  10. ^ "Royal Society of Medicine Records". Kew, Richmond: The National Archives. 1907–1975. Archived from the original on 24 June 2023. Retrieved 24 June 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: date format (link)
  11. ^ a b Renshaw, Rosalind (1 December 2004). "Conference call". Archived from the original on 24 June 2023. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
  12. ^ Conolly, Bruce W.; Benanzio, Mario (2007). "1a. Cosmas and damian revisited". In Lanzetta, Marco; Dubernard, Jean-Michel (eds.). Hand transplantation. Milan: Springer. pp. 3–7. ISBN 978-88-470-0373-6.
  13. ^ "London Museums of Health & Medicine".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  14. ^ "Medical Museums". medicalmuseums.org. Archived from the original on 24 June 2023. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
  15. ^ "THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF MEDICINE - Charity 206219". register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
  16. ^ "Michele Acton: How can charity leaders successfully deliver change in uncertain times?". www.civilsociety.co.uk. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
  17. ^ "How we are governed". www.rsm.ac.uk.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  18. ^ "RSM Fellowship" Royal Society of Medicine Fellowship
  19. ^ "Associate Membership | The Royal Society of Medicine". www.rsm.ac.uk. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
  20. ^ "Student membership". www.rsm.ac.uk.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  21. ^ "Members' Club | The Royal Society of Medicine". www.rsm.ac.uk. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
  22. ^ "Join a Section Council | The Royal Society of Medicine". www.rsm.ac.uk. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
  23. ^ "SAGE acquires Royal Society of Medicine journals". Wiley Analytical Science. Archived from the original on 24 June 2023. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
  24. ^ a b "The grants register". The Grants Register 2023: The Complete Guide to Postgraduate Funding Worldwide (41st ed.). Springer. 2022. pp. 971–977. ISBN 978-1-349-96053-8.
  25. ^ Barrett, Anne (2017). "Engineering". Women At Imperial College; Past, Present And Future. New Jersey: World Scientific. p. 125. ISBN 978-1-78634-264-5.
  26. ^ Hunting, Penelope (2002). "8. From anaesthetics to proctology:Section of the history of medicine". The History of The Royal Society of Medicine. Royal Society of Medicine Press. pp. 330–332. ISBN 978-1853154973.

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