The Medical Research Society (MRS) was founded by

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in 1930. The Society was 'instituted for the purpose of advancing knowledge of the causes and processes of disease, by clinical or related experimental studies in man’. The MRS published the journal

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from 1945 until 1961, and then jointly with the

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until 2003. The MRS continued to hold regular research meetings until October 2011 when it merged with the

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. The Academy of Medical Sciences now awards an annual Medical Research Society prize for pre-PhD (Foundation Year doctors and Academic Clinical Fellows) and

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students.

History

The MRS was formed following a report by a subcommittee of the UK Medical Research Council on the ‘Future Policy for the Promotion of Clinical Research’. The report was written by Lewis,

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and John Parsons. The first meeting of the Society was held on 24 October at

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. At its formation the Society had 18 ordinary members and 2 honorary members,

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and

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. The first demonstration at the first meeting was on 'The effect of unilateral sympathetic release in a case of Raynaud's disease' by George Pickering.

References

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