The Pathological Society of London was founded in 1846 for the "cultivation and promotion of
Pathology
Pathology is the study of the causes and effects of disease or injury. The word ''pathology'' also refers to the study of disease in general, incorporating a wide range of biology research fields and medical practices. However, when used in t ...
by the exhibition and description of specimens, drawings, microscopic preparations, casts or models of morbid parts."
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.
Early members included
Richard Bright,
Golding Bird
Golding Bird (9 December 1814 – 27 October 1854) was a British medical doctor and a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians. He became a great authority on kidney diseases and published a comprehensive paper on urolithiasis, urinary d ...
,
William Gull
Sir William Withey Gull, 1st Baronet (31 December 181629 January 1890) was an English physician. Of modest family origins, he established a lucrative private practice and served as Governor of Guy's Hospital, Fullerian Professor of Physiology ...
,
William Jenner,
Henry Bence Jones
Henry Bence Jones FRS (31 December 1813 – 20 April 1873) was an English physician and chemist.
Early life
Bence Jones was born at Thorington Hall, Stoke-by-Nayland, Suffolk, the son of Lieutenant Colonel William Jones, an officer in the 5t ...
and
Richard Quain.
The society published 58 volumes of the ''
Transactions of the Pathological Society of London''.
In 1907 it was merged with the
Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society of London and other societies to become the
Royal Society of Medicine
The Royal Society of Medicine (RSM) is a medical society in the United Kingdom, headquartered in London.
History
The Society was established in 1805 as Medical and Chirurgical Society of London, meeting in two rooms in barristers’ chambers ...
.
Presidents
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