A History of the Royal College of Physicians of London Volume Four

by Briggs, Asa

• ISBN13: 9780199253340
• ISBN10: 019925334X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-09-15
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

This is the fourth volume to be published of A History of the Royal College of Physicians , covering the period 1948-1983. Volumes I-III were published in 1964, 1966, and 1972 respectively, and covered the history of the College from its foundation in 1518 to 1947. It is a scholarly study, based on archival and other sources, of a major historical institution, and examines the way in which it adapted to far-reaching changes in medical knowledge, social attitudes, and the organization of health. As such, it is a major contribution to institutional history. At the same time it illuminates the history of the National Health Service and examines controversial public issues such as smoking.

Author Biography

Asa Briggs, created Lord Briggs of Lewes in 1976, is a former Vice-Chancellor of Sussex University, Provost of Worcester College, Oxford, and Chancellor of the Open University. He has written four volumes of a history of British broadcasting and is President of the Social History Society. In 2000 he was awarded the Wolfson Prize for History. His is married with four children.

Table of Contents

List of Colour Plates	x
List of Black and White Plates	xi
Abbreviations	xii
Introduction: New and Old	1249	(47)
The Context: The National Health Service I, 1946--1968	1296	(42)
Five Presidents	1338	(32)
Smoking	1370	(30)
A Change of Premises	1400	(17)
Electing: Examining: Training: Educating	1417	(41)
Communicating: Within and Without	1458	(28)
Unfinished Business: The National Health Service II, 1968--1984	1486	(22)
Munk's Roll	1508	(42)
Essential Values	1550	(21)
Appendices	1571	(144)
I. The College Constitution (a) Charter (b) Bye-Laws, 1948, 1984	1573	(98)
II. Presidents and College Officers, 1948--1984	1671	(1)
III. Harveian Orations	1672	(2)
IV. Honorary Fellows Elected 1948--1983	1674	(1)
V. College Reports 1948--1983	1675	(9)
VI. Lectures, Medals, Prizes, Scholarships	1684	(24)
VII. Portraits and other Art Works Acquired 1948--1983	1708	(3)
VIII. Audio and Video Tape Interviews of Fellows, Honorary Fellows, and Honarary Members	1711	(4)
Index	1715