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William Cadogan Prize
The BSHPCH offers a £300 prize for an original essay of up to 3000 words, on any aspect of the history of paediatrics and child health, in any period of time or place. The prize has been established in memory of Dr William Cadogan of Bristol (1711-1797) an eminent pioneer of child health care and father of infant care in Britain. Further enquiries (and submissions) should be directed to the Hon Secretary: Mr Nicholas Baldwin at [email protected]. |
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The George Armstrong Lecture
George Armstrong (1709-1789) studied medicine in Edinburgh and was reputed to be a very good student. He moved to London and was adventurous in setting up his practice in Hampstead as Surgeon and Apothecary. He was not challenged by the Company of Surgeons of London. He moved from Hampstead to Red Lion Square in 1769 where he held a Dispensary for the Poor under the title of Surgeon. George had the concept of a hospital for children but never achieved the support necessary for this development. A very capable doctor as far as his medical skills was concerned George Armstrong was a meticulous record keeper but a poor financier. Many of the medicines he prescribed were donated by him. His unfortunate link with financiers resulted in the downfall of George and of the collapse of his innovative dispensary. It has been commented on many occasions that the content of Underwood’s famous books were in reality a reproduction of a great deal of George Armstrong’s acute observations and records of ill children. In recognition of his substantial contribution to the development of paediatrics the Society each year invite a distinguished historian or paediatrician to deliver an Armstrong lecture. |
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