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…
News & Events
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…
Jason Hannah Medal for Wondrous Transformations
Alison Li has been awarded the 2025 Jason A. Hannah Medal by the Royal Society of Canada for her book Wondrous Transformations: A Maverick Physician,…
TMHC at the meeting of the Canadian Society for the History of Medicine
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…
Elizabeth Hughes in BBC News Brasil
Club member Dr Christopher Rutty lends his expertise to this new article “Elizabeth Hughes, a menina que sobreviveu à ‘terapia da fome’ — e foi…