The 70th anniversary of the Punch Club was celebrated in London, consisting of a day of talks followed by dinner at the Worshipful Society of Apothecaries, on Friday 27 September 2019. Michael Dinneen, a current member of the Punch Club, kindly arranged an informal dinner for members at the Garrick Club on the evening before the meeting.
The Apothecaries The Garrick
Members and their guests were accommodated in St Paul's Hotel, just a short walk from the Apothecaries' Hall, close to St Paul's Cathedral in central London.
The cartoon above was printed on the menu of the 70th anniversary dinner, having first been displayed at the 1963 Punch Club Meeting in Newcastle, attended by Gershom Thompson (a pioneer of punch prostatic resection) from the Mayo Clinic.
A "galaxy" of distinguished speakers gave presentations at the 70th anniversary meeting - their details are listed below:
FRIDAY 29 SEPTEMBER - INVITED SPEAKERS
at The Worshipful Society of Apothecaries, Blackfriars Lane, London |
| Simon Chaplin, Director of Culture & Society; Director of the Wellcome Collection |
Anne Hunter & her husband |
| Mark Harrison, Past Secretary of the Punch Club |
Why the Punch Club? |
| Dame Elizabeth Fradd, Past Master of the Worshipful Company of Needlemakers |
The mystery of needlemaking |
| Professor Susan Standring, Emeritus Professor of Anatomy, King's College London |
Anatomy - past, present & future |
| Professor Carole Rawcliffe, Professor Emerita of Medieval History, University of East Anglia |
Keeping fit in the Middle Ages |
Davendra Sharma
Consultant Urologist, St George's Hospital, London |
Reconstructing injured soldiers |
| Professor Sir Mike Richards, Medical Oncologist |
An unplanned career - moving to the dark side |
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