2026 Arthur Gryfe Dinner
The club’s annual Arthur Gryfe Dinner was held on May 27, 2026. We were delighted to welcome the medical students of the Health History Interest…
News & Events
Refreshed Edition of Macleod Biography Coming Soon
We are delighted to announce that, thanks to the considerable efforts of Dr Kenneth McHardy, good friend of our club, a new edition of Michael…
American Osler Society Meeting
The Toronto Medical Historical Club was a proud supporter of the 56th Annual Meeting of the American Osler Society which met in Toronto, May 1-4,…
Michael Bliss’s Plague Republished
Michael Bliss’s Plague: A Story of Smallpox in Montreal has just been republished by the University of Toronto Press with a new foreword by infectious…
Biography of Sterling Bunnell Published
Congratulations to our member Steven McCabe and his co-author Anthony Smith on the publication of their book Sterling Bunnell: From Son of the Gold Rush…
Article on Artifacts in Science and Technology Collections in Canada
Club member Erich Weidenhammer and Victoria Fisher have a new article published in Scientia Canadensis titled Artifacts and Opportunity: Science and Technology Collections in Canada….
Heritage Toronto Plaque Honours the School of Hygiene Building’s Legacy at University of Toronto
A new Heritage Toronto plaque was the starting point of the recent medical history walking tour for a group of medical student members of the University of…
Health History Interest Group of UT Joins Our Walking Tour
On November 14, the Toronto Medical Historical Club was pleased to host the medical students of the Health History Interest Group of the University of…
New publications on the Insulin discovery
Good friend of our club, Dr Kenneth McHardy of Aberdeen, has published a wonderful article, “Realigning history: The Toronto Four insulin discovery team,” in the…
Charles Hayter Long Listed for CBC Nonfiction Prize
Charles Hayter’s moving story, “The Boy Who Loved Alice,” has been long listed for the 2025 CBC Nonfiction Prize. It is one of 28 chosen…