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The Edwin Stevens Lecture, also known as the Edwin Stevens Lecture for the Laity or Stevens Lecture, are a series of lectures founded and named for Arthur Edwin Stevens in 1970.[1][2] Stevens was a successful entrepreneur and member of the library section of the Royal Society of Medicine (RSM), London, where the lecture is held every year.[1] In 1967, a committee to discuss "lectures for the laity" was formed.[1] In 1970, at the request of the then president of the History of Medicine Society, Sir Terence Cawthorne, Stevens donated £2,000 a year for the first three years, as a trial.[1][2] The lectures became successful and Stevens donated a further £50,000 in 1973 and made the lecture series permanent.[1]
Lectures
[edit | edit source]1970-1980
[edit | edit source]| Years | Lecture title | Lecturer | Comments | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 'The one and the many': two lectures on ethical questions relating to the practice of medicine. | Sir Michael Woodruff | This was the first lecture in the series.[1] | |
| 1971 | 'Unreason in an age of reason' | Griffith Edwards[3] | ||
| 1972 | 'The Disease of Crime - Punishment Or Treatment?' | Sir Robert Mark and Peter Scott[4] | Peter scott (1954) | |
| 1973 | 'The Doctor's Role - Truth or Mystery ? [and] The Doctor's Place in a Permissive Society'[5] | Arnold Goodman, Baron Goodman[2] | MP Leo Abse took part in the subsequent discussion.[6] | File:Lord Goodman.jpg |
| 1974 | 'Doctors and patients' | Solly Zuckerman, Baron Zuckerman[2] | [7] | File:Solly Zuckerman Tobruk 1943 crop.jpg |
| 1975 | 'Air pollution and public health – a personal appraisal' | Patrick J. Lawther[8] | Professor of Environmental and Preventive Medicine, University of London[8] He set up the Medical Research Council (MRC) air pollution unit at St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical School.[9] | |
| 1976 | 'On dying and dying well. Moral and spiritual aspects'[10][11] | Donald Coggan DD, Archbishop of Canterbury[12] | Coggan was invited by the then president of the RSM, Gordon Wolstenholme. Coggan said in the lecture that it is "misleading to extend the term euthanasia to cover decisions not to preserve life by artificial means when it would be better for the patient to be allowed to die."[13] The lecture subsequently made headlines in the Daily Telegraph, Guardian, The Times, Daily Mail, Daily Express, Daily Mirror, Church Times, Universe, Catholic Herald and The Sunday Times.[14] | File:Donald Coggan (1964).jpg |
| 1977 | 'The future of our society' | Jo Grimond[15] | File:Jo Grimond (cropped) (2).jpg | |
| 1979 | 'Health at any price'[16] | Kingman Brewster Jr.[16] | File:Kingman Brewster Jr., photographic portrait -1951.jpg | |
| 1980 | 'Law, ethics and authority' | Quintin Hogg, Baron Hailsham of St Marylebone[2] | File:Quintin Hogg, Baron Hailsham Allan Warren.jpg |
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1981-1990
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| 1981 | 'The Brandt report - restoring the health of the world economy' | Edward Heath[2] | File:Sir Edward Heath Allan Warren.jpg | |
| 1982 | 'The hope of the disabled person' | Gp Capt Leonard Cheshire VC & Sue Ryder, Baroness Ryder of Warsaw[2] | ||
| 1983 | 'Thoughts of a doctor's son' | Cardinal Basil Hume[2] | ||
| 1985 | Oliver Franks, Baron Franks[2] | |||
| 1986 | 'Cancer: a preventable disease?' | Sir Richard Doll[2] | In 1987, Doll's lecture was mentioned at a house of commons sitting discussing the association of smoking and lung cancer, when Edwina Currie quoted Doll as saying "scientists should take care to distinguish the advice they give that is based on incontrovertible evidence (such as the harmful effects of tobacco, alcohol and asbestos) from that which is based on their assessment of the most likely interpretation of the evidence such as the benefit from increasing the consumption of dietary fibre, vegetables and fruit."[17] | File:Richard Doll.jpg |
| 1987 | 'AIDS' | Sir Donald Acheson[2][18] | Introduced by Sir Gordon Robson, president of the RSM.[19] | |
| 1988 | 'The implications of genetic engineering for medical practice' | Professor Sir David Weatherall[2] | File:Jeremy Farrar and David Weatherall at RILD launch (14425802043).jpg | |
| 1989 | 'Medical negligence - the mounting dilemma' | John Havard[2] | Being secretary of the British Medical Association and having qualified in law and medicine, Havard spoke on medical negligence.[20] | |
| 1990 | 'Medical mumbo jumbo - traditional healers protecting their status' | Anne, Princess Royal[2] | File:Princess Anne October 2015.jpg |
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1991-2000
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 'Ecological hazards of climate change' | Sir Crispin Tickell[2] | File:Crispin Tickell, 2011 (cropped).jpg | |
| 1992 | Lady Justice Butler-Sloss[2] | File:Official portrait of Baroness Butler-Sloss crop 2, 2019.jpg | ||
| 1993 | 'Euthanasia: Death, Dying and the medical duty' | Ludovic Kennedy[2][21] | In his lecture he quoted the Pope's views and described it as 'medieval in its thinking and barbaric in its lack of compassion'.[22] | |
| 1994 | 'Mental illness and Society'[23] | Anthony Clare[23] | File:Anthony Clare hosting After Dark in 1987.JPG | |
| 1995 | Lord Justice Balcombe[2] | |||
| 1996 | 'The defeat of deafness'[24] | Lord Ashley of Stoke[24] | In his mid-forties following an ear operation, he became deaf.[24] | |
| 1998 | 'Human reproductive cloning- a look at the arguments against it and a rejection of most of them' | Professor Raanan Gillon[25] | At the time, head of the medical ethics unit of the Imperial College School of Medicine, Gillon evaluated the then popular rejection of human reproductive cloning.[26][27] | File:Raanan Gillon.jpg |
| 2000 | Sir Kenneth Calman[2] |
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2001-2010
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 'Safe surgery – the press, the politicians and the public' | Sir Barry Jackson[2] | ||
| 2002 | 'Advising on the Care of Patients with dementia' | Professor David Jolley[2] | ||
| 2003 | 'Assisted Reproduction or Forced Conception: Where draw the line?' | Professor Robert Winston, Lord Winston[2] | File:Robert Winston 2011c.jpg | |
| 2004 | 'The origins of the NHS and future development ' | Michael Portillo MP [2][28] | File:Michael Portillo by Regents College cropped.jpg | |
| 2005 | 'Genetic Fingerprinting' | Professor Sir Alec Jeffreys[2] | File:Alec Jeffreys.jpg | |
| 2006 | 'Law, ethics and the genome' | Helena Kennedy, Baroness Kennedy of The Shaws[2] | File:Official portrait of Baroness Kennedy of The Shaws crop 2, 2019.jpg | |
| 2007 | 'Mishaps in Medicine: will we ever learn?' | Professor Sir John Lilleyman[2] | ||
| 2008 | 'The Medical Profession in the 21st Century' | Professor Graeme Catto[2] | ||
| 2009 | 'Fairness in end of life care: quality, quantity or both? | Professor Ilora Finlay, Baroness Finlay of Llandaff[2] | File:Official portrait of Baroness Finlay of Llandaff crop 2.jpg | |
| 2010 | 'Balancing cost and effectiveness in healthcare'[29] | Professor Sir Michael Rawlins[2] | File:Professor Sir Michael Rawlins GBE, Kt.jpg |
2011-2025
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 'Pancreatic Cancer: challenges and hopes'[30] | Professor Robin Williamson[2] | ||
| 2012 | 'Dementia' | Professor Martin Rossor[2] | ||
| 2013 | 'A journey through your prostate' | Professor Roger Kirby[2] | File:Roger Kirby, prostate surgeon.jpg | |
| 2014 | 'The Future of Cardiovascular Medicine' | Professor Anders Hamsten[2] | ||
| 2015 | 'Bio-Materials: an Armamentarium in Surgical Reconstruction, Innovations and Solutions' | Professor Alan C. Roberts[2] | File:Alan Clive Roberts.jpg | |
| 2016 | 'Medical Ethics' | Professor Sir Terence Stephenson[2] | ||
| 2017 | 'Skin cancer and sun addiction' | Dr Christopher Rowland Payne[2] | ||
| 2018 | 'Harnessing the gastrointestinal tract' | Rachel Batterham[31] | ||
| 2019 | 'The NHS and Society' | Sir Simon Stevens | File:Official portrait of Lord Stevens of Birmingham crop 2, 2021.jpg | |
| 2021 | 'The future of surgical robotics, the future is surgical robotics?' | Ben Challacombe[32][33] | File:Ben Challacombe (urologist).jpg | |
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| 2023 | Matthew Taylor[34] | |||
| 2024 | ||||
| 2025 | Sir James Mackey |
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