Toronto Medical Historical Club was delighted to participate in the meeting of the Canadian Society for the History of Medicine (CSHM) at its annual meeting 31 May – 2 June 2025 at George Brown College, Toronto, in association with the Congress of the Social Sciences and Humanities.
Program and abstracts
Club members Peter Kopplin, Christopher Rutty, and Alison Li led a walking tour of local medical history sites in downtown Toronto. A delightful stop was made to view the class photos of several of our members at the University of Toronto Medical School.
Charles Hayter, John Dirks, Christopher Rutty and Alison Li participated in a roundtable entitled “Bridging the Gap: Making Medical History Accessible to the General Public | Combler l’écart : rendre l’histoire de la médecine accessible au grand public.” Stephen McCabe presented a paper on “Sterling Bunnell and the Emergence of Hand Surgery.”
The TMHC was proud sponsor of the refreshments for the delightful annual tradition of the Strawberries and Champagne Book Launch at which we toasted the publications of CSHM members over the past year.
The TMHC was pleased to be able to help the Canadian Society for the History of Medicine mark their 75th Anniversary.
