International Medical Congress, London 1881

摘要

During the 19th century, a series of International Medical Congresses was held in Paris (1867), Florence (1869), Vienna (1873), Brussels (1875), Geneva (1877), Amsterdam (1879) and the seventh in London from 2 to 9 August 1881. It was held at St James' Hall, Piccadilly under the patronage of Queen Victoria, in the presence of the Prince of Wales (the future King Edward VII) with Sir James Paget as President and organized by Sir William MacCormack. There were over 3000 participants including Lord Lister, Sir Jonathan Hutchinson, Sir Samuel Wilks, Sir William Bowman, Sir William Gull, Richard Owen, Thomas Huxley and, from abroad, Louis Pasteur, Rudolf Virchow, Moritz Kaposi, Robert Koch, Jean Martin Charcot, Richard von Volkmann, John Shaw Billings, Sir William Osler, Austin Flint and Palmer Howard.1