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The People's Dispensary – Launch Event

When & Where

Wednesday, 9 July 2025 - 2:00pm to 5:00pm
Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, 11 Queen Street, Edinburgh, EH2 1JQ

Event Details

Wednesday 9th July, 2pm - 5pm (doors open 1:30pm)

This seminar is the launch of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh's new online resource, The People’s Dispensary, which contains over 10,000 pages of digitised and transcribed 18th century patient case notes from the Edinburgh Public Dispensary.

From 2pm to 4pm Professor Gayle Davis (University of Edinburgh) will chair as Professor Keir Waddington (Cardiff University), Professor Samantha Williams (University of Cambridge) and Professor Bernard Harris (University of Strathclyde) present their papers. From 4pm to 5pm there will be a social hour with hot drinks and nibbles.

All tickets are free but they can be booked via this Eventbrite link - https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-peoples-dispensary-launch-event-ticke...

Contact

Rachel Forrest
r.forrest@rcpe.ac.uk
01312473662

Costs

Free

Event Location

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Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
11 Queen Street
Edinburgh
EH2 1JQ

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