The Autumn Meeting of the British Society for the History of Paediatrics will take place at Brasenose College, Oxford, on September 25th-26th 2015, running from lunchtime on the Friday until lunchtime on Saturday. The meeting is open to all who are interested in the history of paediatrics and child health, including paediatricians, historians, students and others. A call for papers is currently open.

Guest speakers:

Sir Anthony Epstein FRS
Discovery of the Epstein-Barr Virus

Professor Nicholas Orme
Medieval Childhood – Dark Age or Golden Age?

Dr Alysa Levene
Paediatrics by Stealth? Medical Care for Poor Children in Eighteenth Century London

Open Papers (25 min) for Presentation
Please submit abstracts of papers for consideration for presentation (250 words, with title of
paper, name and address of author) to Lawrence.weaver@glasgow.ac.uk by 25th July 2015.

William Cadogan Prize and Lecture
The BSHPCH offers a £300 prize for an original essay of up to 3000 words, on any aspect of
the history of paediatrics and child health, in any period of time or place. The winner of the
prize will be expected to give a presentation at the meeting. Closing date for submission of the
essay is 20th July 2015, and the winner will be notified in August 2015. Further enquiries and
submissions to the Hon Secretary, Mr Nicholas Baldwin (nick.baldwin@gosh.nhs.uk).

Tour of Bodleian Library
On Saturday afternoon there will be an optional, free, conducted tour of the Bodleian Library

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