History of Medicine Annual Student Prize Evening
Five of our Year 3 student doctors presented on their chosen History of Medicine topic at this year's Liverpool Medical Institute's Annual Prize Evening.
Presentations from the evening
Genevieve Easingwood: Women Doctors: The First 125 years
Heather Holden: What Role did Cyril Clarke and Liverpool Play in the Discovery and Treatment of Rhesus Haemolytic Disease of the New-Born?
Esther Matey: The Glass Delusion
Grace Parris: What Factors Caused the Changes in Female Smoking Rates in the First Half of the 20th Century?
Roksana Piontkowski: The Evolution of Minnitt’s Gas-Air Analgesia During Childbirth
Photograph (Left to Right): Back row - Dr Steve Ryan, Mrs Meg Parkes, Dr Nick Beeching, Dr Cecilia Jukka, Mrs Adrienne Myers and & Dr Philip Begley. Front row - Heather Holden, Grace Parris, Esther Matey, Genevieve Easingwood and Roksana Piotkowski.
The presentations were all well received, and followed by a reception with cheese, wine and soft drinks. Esther Matey's The Glass Delusion was the winner on the night, with Genevieve Easingwood and Grace Parris awarded joint Second.
Excerpt from winning presentation:
The glass delusion was described as an externalisation of a psychiatric disorder which was prevalent in the late Middle Ages, early modern and renaissance period - the 15th to 17th centuries. Quite simply put, people believed that they were made of glass and therefore likely to shatter into infinitesimal pieces.
The Liverpool Medical Institute hosts the History of Medicine prize evening annually, 2019 marked the 13th event of this kind.
Keep an eye out in early 2020 if you wish to take part in next year's event.