The Harvey Club of London is the oldest currently active medical club in Canada.[1] It was founded by Drs. James W. Crane and C.M. Crawford in 1919 in London, Ontario.[1] The club was initially founded as a way for practicing physicians to stay abreast of new developments in biomedical sciences, analogous to the modern concept of continuing medical education, a function that it continues to perform with annual presentations of papers. The club also provides academic and financial support to students at the medical school of Western University.[2]
 Letterhead of the Harvey Club of London | |
| Established | 1919 |
|---|---|
| Founder | James W. Crane |
| Founded at | London, Ontario |
| Type | Medical Society |
| Purpose | Education |
| Location | |
President | Rob Leeper |
| Website | The Harvey Club of London |
Origins
editIn response to a number of requests to have a medical refresher course, Dr. James W. Crane and others founded the Harvey club in 1919, at the end of the first World War.[1] Annual dinner meetings were held initially at Tecumseh house in London, Ontario, where members would present papers.[2] The club was named after William Harvey, renowned English physician and physiologist, famous for the detailed description of the systemic circulation as a closed circuit.[3]
In addition to presentations, the club briefly published papers into a locally distributed journal, The Bulletin of Harvey Club, which was republished in the Canadian Medical Association Journal.[4] More commonly, papers presented at the Harvey Club are published in other journals.[3][5][6]
The motto of the club is "Dii laboribus omnia vendunt" which is Latin for "the Gods sell everything for effort". It may originate from epigrams published in 1666 by Antoine-Ferdinand Van Vlaenderen. Members of the club personify William Harvey, as a physician scientist, by using the appellation “Harvey”, when addressing each other at meetings. The gavel used at meetings is made of wood from Harvey House in Folkestone, Kent. A toast to William Harvey is given at the club’s annual Harvey Oration dinner on April 1, Harvey's birthday. The club president replies to the toast with a speech in which he impersonates Harvey.[7]
The Harvey Club Today
editThe Harvey Club meets four times a year to present papers related to developments relevant to medicine related to the sciences, humanities, and world events.[2] The club provides a scholarship for medical students studying at Western University. The Harvey Club of London Prize is awarded to the medical student with the best paper presented on the history of medicine. The award has a financial component, and the name of the recipient is engraved on a silver plate.[8]
Notable Members
editSource:[9]
Honorary Members
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Other notable medical associations named after William Harvey
editThe Harveian Society of Edinburgh was founded in 1782 by Dr Andrew Duncan.[20][21] The Society holds an annual Festival in honour of Harvey in either the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh or the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. At the annual Festival, an oration is given by the President to commemorate Harvey's life and work.
The Harveian Society of London is a medical society founded in 1831 based in The Medical Society of London, Chandos Street, in Cavendish Square.
The Royal College of Physicians of London holds an annual lecture, established by William Harvey in 1656, called the Harveian Oration.
The Harvey Society, founded in 1905, is based in New York City and hosts an annual lecture series on recent advances in biomedical sciences.
References
edit- ^ a b c Barr, Murray Llewellyn (1977). A century of medicine at Western : a centennial history of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Western Ontario. London: University of Western Ontario. ISBN 0919534007. OCLC 4045914.
- ^ a b c "Harvey Club of London". Retrieved 2019-03-11.
- ^ a b McAlister, Vivian C. (2007). "William Harvey, Fabricius ab Acquapendente and the divide between medicine and surgery". Canadian Journal of Surgery. 50 (1): 7–8. ISSN 0008-428X. PMC 2384247. PMID 17391608.
- ^ Spence, E. (1922). "Bulletin of Harvey Club, London". Canadian Medical Association Journal. 12 (7): 493–494. ISSN 0008-4409. PMC 1524496. PMID 20314159.
- ^ McKellar, Shelley (April 2016). "Dr. William Waugh (1851–1936): promoter of change in nineteenth century medical education and practice". Canadian Journal of Surgery. 59 (2): 143–144. doi:10.1503/cjs.002416. ISSN 0008-428X. PMC 4814289. PMID 27007095.
- ^ Western University (1939-03-01). "UWOMJ Volume 9, No 3, March 1939". University of Western Ontario Medical Journal.
- ^ "Harvey Club of London, Our History and Activities". Retrieved 2022-03-15.
- ^ "The Harvey Club of London Prize - Harvey Club of London Prize Winners - Western University". www.schulich.uwo.ca. Retrieved 2019-02-17.
- ^ Harvey Club fonds, Western Archives AFC 39 - 3/1, 39 - 3/2, 39 - 3/3, https://www.lib.uwo.ca/files/archives/archives_finding_aids/AFC%2039%20-%20Harvey%20Club.pdf
- ^ "Order of Canada citation Charles George Drake". Retrieved 2022-03-15.
- ^ "Order of Canada citation Murray Barr". Retrieved 2022-03-15.
- ^ "Order of Canada citation Robert Laing Noble". Retrieved 2022-03-15.
- ^ "Order of Canada citation Douglas Bocking". Retrieved 2022-03-15.
- ^ "Order of Canada citation Ramsay Willis Gunton". Retrieved 2022-03-15.
- ^ "Order of Canada citation Cecil Rorabecl". Retrieved 2022-03-15.
- ^ "Order of Canada citation William Wall". Retrieved 2022-03-15.
- ^ "Order of Canada citation Vivian McAlister". Retrieved 2022-03-15.
- ^ "Order of Canada citation M. Lee Myers". Retrieved 2022-03-15.
- ^ Harvey Club fonds, Western Archives AFC 39 - 1/4 https://www.lib.uwo.ca/files/archives/archives_finding_aids/AFC%2039%20-%20Harvey%20Club.pdf
- ^ Minute Books of the Harveian Society. Library of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.
- ^ Watson Wemyss, Herbert Lindesay (1933). A Record of the Edinburgh Harveian Society. T&A Constable, Edinburgh.