Date:
03 - 04 November 2014
Organised by:
History of Geology Group
Venue:
The Geological Society, Burlington House, London
Event status:
EVENT CLOSED
This lecture explores the historical links and the development of public health and forensic medicine.
Call for Papers
Building on the success of the “History of Geology and Medicine” conference held in 2011 and the
subsequent publication SP375 of the Geological Society of the same name the History of Geology Group calls for written and poster contributions from medical and geoscientists on the topic(s) associated under the title of “
Geology and Medicine: Exploring the Historical Links and the origins of Public Health and Forensic Science”.
The 2014 meeting will explore:
- Founding Fathers of Geomedicine, recording the historical links established by individual scientists such as Darwin, Astley Cooper, Charles Daubeny, Gideon Mantell etc).
- Geological Therapies, dealing with the evolution of treatments from primitive lithotherapies to the therapeutic use of geological materials in medicines and the advent of hydrotherapy.
- The Origins of Public Health including Soil Chemistry, Water Quality, Health and Safety and the provision of the necessary infrastructure during the Victorian Era.
- The Evolution of Forensic Medicine.
This call is for oral contributions from historians, medical professionals, geoscientists, including geochemists and civil engineers, whose work crosses subject boundaries. International contributions are most welcome.
It is hoped that the conference proceedings will be published as a book.
Contributors of both oral presentations and posters will be registered at a reduced rate of £25.00. No financial assistance can be given speakers but HOGG will provide a letter of invitation on request.
Associated trips will hopefully include a visit to the Wellcome Institute; the NHM and the Royal Pharmaceutical Society Collections, and Society of Apothecaries.
Possible trips. Geology/geohistory trip relating to Gideon Mantell, Maidstone and Lewes. East End walks in the footprints of Parkinson and the origins of cholera.
Those wishing to contribute should contact Professor R. T. J. Moody ([email protected]). Extended abstracts of 500 words and a maximum of 3 figures should be submitted by 31 August 2014.
Organisers
- Dick Moody
- Chris Duffin
- Christopher Gardner Thorpe