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Archive of Dinner Meetings

Each year dinner discussion meetings were arranged following Executive Council meetings. They were relatively informal events at which an invited speaker led a discussion on a scientific subject of general interest. These dinners made it possible to bring in speakers from scientific disciplines outside our major areas of interest, and also allow matters of more general interest to be discussed. The series is currently in abeyance for budgetary reasons.

1. Situs inversus viscerum in the rat: A. Haddow & R. J. Goldacre
   Recent work on inositol: R. M. C. Dawson
   Psilocybin (isolated from Mexican mushrooms): H. Isbell
   7 Mar 1960
2. A 17th century view of hysteria: Sir Russell Brain (Lord Brain)
   Neuroendocrinology in art: S. J. Folley
   The exploitation by primitive peoples of the milk ejection reflex: E. C. Amoroso
   17 May 1960
3. Physiological effects on animal smells: H. M. Bruce & A. S. Parkes
   Recent developments in regard to 'queen substance': C. G. Butler
   31 Oct 1960
4. The Yeti scalp: L. Harrison Matthews
   The origin of the alleged head of Simon of Sudbury: F. G. Young
   Some cases of decapitation including Charles I: F. Camps
   6 Feb 1961
5. Medical education in research in Africa, Asia and Australasia: J. McMichael & F. G. Young
   8 May 1961
6. The barrier function of the small intestinal mucous membrane: A. C. Frazer
   Some implications of the use of food additives: M. Pyke
   10 Jul 1961
7. Aspects of unorthodox healing: E. J. Dingwall & D. Stafford-Clark
   Poltergeists and Malay tricks in Cape Town: J. F. Brock
   28 May 1962
8. The health of the Tristan da Cunha islanders: H. E. Lewis
   The mental capacity of the Tristan children: G. Keir
   18 Feb 1963
9. The food they painted: R. A. McCance
   Some aspects of fruit symbolism in the visual arts: E. H. J. Gombrich
   27 May 1963
10. Recent experiences in Ethiopia: G. E. W. Wolstenholme
    28 Oct 1963
11. The work of the Nuffield Foundation: L. Farrer-Brown
    24 Feb 1964
12. Hazards from naturally occurring poisons: J. M. Barnes
    The dialectics of genetical scares: H. Kalmus
    1 Jun 1964
13. Borgo a Mozzano: L. E. Virone
    2 Nov 1964
14. Expert evidence: G. Lloyd Jacob
    1 Mar 1965
15. An evening with Sherlock Holmes: Lord Brain
    26 Apr 1965
16. Personal reward, stress, and survival in desert and polar exploration: J. D. Hillaby & V. Fuchs
    22 Nov 1965
17. World Research Hospital in Dublin: V. O'Sullivan
    1 Mar 1966
18. The brain drain: G. Pincus
    2 May 1966
19. Early infantile autism: C. Ounsted
    31 Oct 1966
20. Research-a great adventure or a headache of our time: A. von Muralt
    27 Feb 1967
21. Medicine and the Common Market: Lord Cohen of Birkenhead
    17 Jul 1967
22. Implications of modifying normal and abnormal personality: The Lord Bishop of Durham (I. T. Ramsey)
    30 Oct 1967
23. Facilities for drug evaluation: D. Dunlop
    26 Feb 1968
24. Thoughts on education: G. W. Pickering
    27 May 1968
25. Obsolescence as a human dilemma: J. Marsh
    25 Nov 1968
26. Senior scientists, their use and abuse: A. A. Miles
    18 Feb 1969
27. Motivation in research: H. MacLennan
    2 Jun 1969
28. Plans for an independent university: E. Chain
    16 Oct 1969
29. Common enemy: death by stupidity: P. Boissier
    3 Mar 1970
30. The general physician-has he a future? J. Richardson
    4 May 1970
31. Industrial revolution and health care: S. P. Martin
    17 Nov 1970
32. The United World Colleges and the development of international education: R. Blackburn
    9 Mar 1971
33. The mentally retarded child: O. H. Wolff
    5 Jul 1971
34. Applied molecular biology: M. F. Perutz
    8 Nov 1971
35. The future of the British Museum and the national libraries: J. Wolfenden
    28 Feb 1972
36. The new Faculty of Community Medicine: A. L. Cochrane
    17 Jul 1972
37. Race, colour and intelligence: L. van der Post
    13 Nov 1972
38. Royal Commission on medical education: five years after: Lord Todd
    5 Mar 1973
39. Pollution and politics: Lord Ashby
    9 Jul 1973
40. Genetic engineering: H. Harris
    6 Nov 1973
41. Building a new medical school: Lord Taylor
    7 May 1974
42. Robert Adam and his brothers: S. E. T. Cusdin
    8 Jul 1974
43. The official face of co-operation in medical research in Europe: J. A. B. Gray
    8 Nov 1974
44. The dilemma in modem drug research: F. Gross
    4 Mar 1975
45. A voyage to the Antarctic: O. G. Edholm
    13 May 1975
46. The need for specialist associations: Baroness Masham of Ilton & A. Bond
    5 May 1976
47. Stresses and strains in specialist training and postgraduate medical education in the EEC: C. C. Booth
    7 Jul 1976
48. Medical and physiological problems in relation to the North Sea oil industry: K. W. Donald
    4 May 1977
49. Make the past serve the present: archaeology in China today: M. Sullivan
    6 Jul 1977
50. Science policy: H. Bondi
    8 Mar 1978
51. The European Advisory Committee on medical training: J. N. Walton
    29 Nov 1978
52. The acceptability of radiation risks: E. E. Pochin
    14 Mar 1979
53. Kew and its relevance to the needs of today: J. P. Brenan
    9 May 1979
54. Medicine in the media-handle with care: M. Swann
    7 Nov 1979
55. Where Nash meets Adam: a fragment of local history: J. Summerson
    5 Mar 1980
56. Violence as disease: M. Roth
    7 May 1980
57. Forecasting the weather: J. Mason
    5 Nov 1980
58. Biological solar energy conversion-fuels now and in the future: D. O. Hall
    11 Feb 1981
59. The development of scientific and medical contacts with the People's Republic of China: M. G. P. Stoker & B. Morson
    6 May 1981
60. The International Year of Disabled People: F. Lane-Fox
    4 Nov 1981
61. Environment trends in the past ten years: M. Holgate
    10 Feb 1982
62. The organization of disaster relief: D. J. Piggott
    5 May 1982
63. Darwin and evolution: A. F. Huxley
    3 Nov 1982
64. What are science correspondents for? B. Dixon
    2 Mar 1983
65. Introducing natural history to the public: R. Hedley
    4 May 1983
66. Sport, exercise and health: R. G. Bannister
    2 Nov 1983
67. The evaluation of scientific research: C. H. G. Oldham
    15 Feb 1984
68. Before and after the Flowers-the reorganization of London medicine: M. P. W. Godfrey
    2 May 1984
69. The problems of alcohol: A. W. Clare
    7 Nov 1984
70. Novel techniques and crop improvements: B. J. Miflin
    13 Feb 1985
71. Medical technology: who decides? The role of consensus development conferences: B. Stocking
    1 May 1985
72. The selection of medical students-logic or lottery: P. Richards
    13 Nov 1985
73. School science, real science: some issues in modern science curriculum debates: A. Lucas
    12 Feb 1986
74. Rich but hungry: A. Brearley-Smith
    30 Apr 1986
75. Editorial peer review: S. Lock
    12 Nov 1986
76. Science and antiscience: L. Wolpert
    28 Jan 1987
77. Molecular genetics and development in medical practice: D. J. Weatherall
    20 May 1987
78. The future of the universities: A. B. Pippard
    4 Nov 1987
79. The new age of tropical medicine: K. S. Warren
    3 Feb 1988
80. Risk: Sir Richard Southwood
    27 Apr 1988
81. Science and the media: I. Fells
    9 Nov 1988
82. The origins of life in the future: G. Cairns Smith
    25 Jan 1989
83. Science and religion: J. C. Polkinghorne
    19 Apr 1989
84. The public's perception of science: R. L. Gregory
    29 Nov 1989
85. Making public policy in areas of medical-moral concern: I. Kennedy
    31 Jan 1990
86. The state of British science: D. Noble
    25 Apr 1990
87. Developments in palliative care: Dame Cicely Saunders
    14 Nov 1990
88. Environmentalists depend on industrialists in the last analysis: C. Hines
    30 Jan 1991
89. The Child-to-Child Trust: D. Morley
    8 May 1991
90. Finding out about colds: D. Tyrrell
    12 Feb 1992
91. What are museums for? N. Cossons
    29 Apr 1992
92. A savage arena: man at high altitude: C. Clarke
    10 Feb 1993
93. What are zoos for? C. Tudge
    12 May 1993
94. Antarctic science: R. Laws
    16 Feb 1994
95. Barriers to women scientists' careers: N. Lane
    4 May 1994
96. Presenting science to the public: a long-term view of changes and trends: A. Meadows
    1 Feb 1995
97. Parapsychology: problems and prospects: R. Morris
    10 May 1995
98. The impossible mind of machines: I. Aleksander
    14 Feb 1996
99. Albania-secret country: K. Evered
    8 May 1996
100. Archaeology-'all conjecture about things useless'? B. Cunliffe
     5 Feb 1997
101. AIDS-myths and realities: R. Weiss
     7 May 1997
102. What did Einstein, Braque and Picasso have in common? A. Miller
     4 Feb 1998
103. Clinical academic careers: Sir Rex Richards
     13 May 1998
104. The eclipse is coming...: J. Parkinson
     11 Feb 1999

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