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Upcoming meetings

Wednesday 4th July, 2012

British Academic Conference in Otolaryngology, Glasgow

Thursday 6th December, 2012

Royal Society of Medicine, London

Sir Morell Mackenzie

The origins of the British Society for the History of ENT can be dated back to 1981, when the first meeting of the British section of the European Society for the Study of History of Otorhinolaryngology was held at the Birmingham and Midland Ear, Nose and Throat Hospital. Please visit our society history page to read more.

Full membership of the society is extended to all ear, nose and throat consultants and trainees, as well as other members of the medical profession with an interest in the history of otolaryngology.


News and Notices
24/09/2010 Congratulations to Simon Prowse for winning the Registrar Prize for his presentation Gustav Killian - beyond the dehiscence
01/12/2011 This year's Registrar Prize goes to both Julia Addams-Williams and Corduta Newman for their excellent papers, the abstracts for which may be found here
30/12/2011 We are pleased to announce a meeting of the International Group of ENT Historians is due to be held in Padova on 24-25 August, 2012

Landmark Works

Practical Observations on Aural Surgery
William Wilde, 1853

Diseases of the Ear
Adam Politzer, 1894

The Diseases of the Ear: Their Nature, Diagnosis and Treatment
Joseph Toynbee, 1860