Fourth Annual Medical Students' History of Medicine Prize 2008
The Prize evening continues to go from strength to strength. This year we were treated to another five excellent presentations.
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Kieran McCarthy spoke on ‘Medicine and Microscopes: explaining missed opportunities’
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Laura Melling spoke on ‘Historical differences in British and American circumcision practices’
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Stephanie Ling gave an outline of ‘The development of neonatal surgery at Alder Hey Hospital’
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Adekunbi Adetayo described ‘How endoscopy changed surgery’
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Aaron Farrell spoke on ‘Shell-shocked: combat-induced psychological disorders and the British army since 1914’.
All the presenters fielded challenging questions from the floor demonstrating their thorough knowledge of their chosen subject. After deliberation the adjudicators announced that this year there were two joint winners - Aaron Farrell and Layra Melling.
Click below to read the abstract of their presentations.
Aaron Farrell - "Shell-shocked: combat-induced psychological disorders and the British army since 1914"
Laura Melling - ‘Historical differences in British and American circumcision practices’
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