University of Glasgow Medico-Chirurgical Society

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University of Glasgow Medico-Chirurgical Society
University of Glasgow Medico-Chirurgical Society
AbbreviationMedChir
Established1802
Founded atUniversity of Glasgow
Location
Membership
c. 7,000
President
Jarrar Khan
Vice President
Ella Williams
Treasurer
Madeleine Martin
Secretary
Cara McCauley
PublicationSurgo
Editor-in-Chief
Anna Bradford
AffiliationsUniversity of Glasgow
Glasgow University Union]
University of Glasgow Medical School
Websitewww.medchir.co.uk[dead link]

The University of Glasgow Medico-Chirurgical Society is a student society at the University of Glasgow which organises social and educational events for medical students at the University. The President for 2023/24 is Jarrar Khan.

History[edit]

Founded in 1802, Med-Chir is one of the oldest medical societies in Scotland[1] The society was formed twelve years before practising physicians and surgeons in Glasgow began to meet for formal instruction.[2]

It is one of the oldest societies in the University and was instrumental in founding the Glasgow University Union in 1890, along with the Glasgow University Dialectic Society, Comunn Oiseanach Oilthigh Ghlaschu, and Glasgow University Athletic Club.[3] It retains close ties with the Glasgow University Union. In 1936, the society arranged an excursion to Hamburg, Berlin and London.[4]

Activities[edit]

The University of Glasgow Medico-Chirurgical Society, AKA MedChir, is one of Glasgow University’s longest running societies and has been making Thursday nights fun since 1802. MedChir are responsible for organising the biggest and best social nights, educational events and sports for Glasgow University Medical Students. At its 2022 Annual General Meeting, MedChir members approved a constitutional amendment granting the incumbent Treasurer the optional title of "Chancellor of the ExMedchir". The first "Chancellor of the ExMedchir" is Daniel Petrie, the officeholder for the 2022/23 session.

MedChir also raise money for a different charity each year. Previous year's chosen charities have been SeeMe, a mental health organisation looking to end the stigma surrounding mental health. The chosen charity for 2016–2017 is Children's Hospice Association Scotland (C.H.A.S.).

MedChir organise major social events, with the highlights being the Annual Medical School Ball, the Revue (all-medic talent competition, won by Emeli Sandé during her time at Glasgow Medical School),[5] Field Trip and Beer Olympics. They also offer talks from the most prestigious speakers in their fields, events for students to practice their clinical skills and hold joint evenings with the Royal College of General Practitioners and Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons. MedChir members participate in the Scottish and Northern Irish Medics Sports tournament (SNIMS) every year, hosting and winning the event in November 2016 (with Edinburgh University finishing bottom), bringing their unbeaten run into their sixth year.

Additionally, 'Surgo' has been MedChir’s in-house publication since 1935 and it provides a light-hearted look at medic life as well as anything else that catches the editorial team’s eyes.[6]

MedChir has its own medics Football, Rugby, Netball, Badminton, Squash, Basketball, Ultimate Frisbee and Hockey clubs. After many years of trialling different sports, members of the society still felt unsatisfied with the ping-pong shaped hole that remained in their hearts. In 2018, it was announced that this hole would be filled thanks to the founding of the MedChir Table Tennis club by Daniel Dolan (Alumni Representative), Conor Beatty (5th Year Representative) and Patrick Hart (Intercalated Year Representative). The Club competed for the first time in the 2018 SNIMS competition held in Dundee. The MedChir rugby team won the West of Scotland cup in December 2018, defeating Birkmyre RFC convincingly.

Former members[edit]

Many illustrious former members maintain a link with the society and the MedChir Life Members Tie has been spotted on more than a few occasions, notably when Sam Galbraith presented the Scottish Cup. During the 2011-12 session the MedChir Life Members Badge was introduced.

Past Presidents[edit]

Year President
1814 Robert Watt
1815 James Monteath
1816 William Couper
1817 T. Brown
1818 Robert Graham
1819 George Macleod
1820 James Watson
1821 G. C. Monteath
1822 John Baird
1823 Thomas Thomson
1824 William Cumin
1825 Robert Perry
1826 Thomas Thomson
1827 Thomas Thomson
1828 Thomas Thomson
1829 Thomas Thomson
1830 William Young
1831 William Young
1832 James Wilson
1833 James Wilson
1834 John Macfarlane
1835 John Macfarlane
1836 John Macfarlane
1837 Andrew Buchanan
1838 Andrew Buchanan
1839 Robert Cowan
1840 William Weir
1841 William Weir
1842 A.J. Hannay
1843 A.J. Hannay
1844 Robert Perry & Thomas Thomson
1845 J. Wilson
1846 William Lyon & Harry Rainy
1847 George Watson
1848 George Watson & A.D. Anderson
1849 J.A. Easton
1850 R.G. Macwell & James Watson
1851 James Wilson
1852 James Wilson & Andrew Buchanan
1853 James Wilson
1854 James Wilson
1855 William Lyon
1856 James A. Lawrie & Joseph Bell
1857 James A. Lawrie & J. G. Fleming
1858 William Weir & George Watt
1859 William Weir & William Brown
1860 John M. Pagan & James Fraser
1861 John M. Pagan & John Reid
1862 William Lyon & James Adams
1863 William Lyon & James Stewart
1864 Charles Ritchie & James Morton
1865 Charles Ritchie & G.H.B. Macleod
1866 Allen Thomson
1867 Allen Thomson
1868 J.G. Fleming
1869 J.G. Fleming
1870 James Adams
1871 James Adams
1872 Robert Scott Orr
1873 Robert Scott Orr & W.T. Gairdner
1874 James Morton
1875 James Morton
1876 Ebenezer Watson & Joseph Coats
1877 Donald McPhail
1878 L.A. Waddell & Alexander Robertson
1879 Angus MacPhee
1880 James Lindsay Steven & Hector C. Cameron
1881 J.M. Young
1882 Robert Beith & T. M'Call Anderson
1883 W.A. Forsyth
1884 Henry Rutherford & George Buchanan
1885 I.N. McPhail
1886 Basil Adam & James Finlayson
1887 Hugh Dickie & H.J. Younger
1888 T.K. Monro & W.T. Gairdner
1889 Alexander C. Farquaharson
1890 Donald Murray & David Newman
1891 P.O.W. Brown
1892 John Lindsay & Samson Gemmil
1893 A.A. Warden
1894 James F. Gemmil & Alexander McPhail
1895 Joshua Ferguson & D.N. Knox
1896 T. Hunter & Donald Fraser
1897 William Duncan & James Rankine
1898 D.S. Harvey & W. Webster
1899 Edward Provan Cathcart & W.J. Fleming
1900 W.B.I. Pollock & Henry E. Clark
1901 John Muir
1902 Joseph White & John Morrison
1903 R.T. Leiper & A.E. Maylard
1904 W. Blair & M. Martin
1905 John Shaw-Dunn & Robert Muir
1906 M.J. Stewart& J. Lindsay Steven
1907 R.M.F. Pickem & Walker Downie
1908 W. Rutherford
1909 James Dunlop
1910 Malcolm Manson
1911 Thomas Martin
1912 Richard A. Barlow
1913 J. Crawford Knox & Fritz Von Daeblitz
1914 Ronald T. Grant
1915 David Campbell
1916 John Marshall
1917 A.S. Strachan
1918 John Kirk
1919 Thomas S. Sargent
1920 Daniel F. Cappell
1921 William D. Hood
1922 G.H. Edgecombe
1923 Gavin McCallum
1924 W.R.M Stevenson
1925 William Scobie
1926 John B. Gaylor
1927 George L. Montgomery
1928 Robert Kirk
1929 T.M.M. McNie
1930 A.S. MacFarlane
1931 W. Frame Flint
1932 William J. Moffat
1933 John B.M. Runciman
1934 James Leckie
1935 David A. Cannon
1936 Norman J McQueen
1937 Alexander R. Harper
1938 Andrew Allison
1939 Ian Munro
1940 A. Bruce MacLean
1941 James B. McBean
1942 George Will
1943 Archibald C. Pickles
1944 Richard M. Massey
1945 John H.E. Primrose
1946 David Turnbull
1947 R.J. Cruikshank
1948 Grant Honeyman
1949 A. Douglas Hally
1950 David A. Primrose
1951 Kenneth B. Scott
1952 Martin McNicol
1953 D.J.W. Taylor
1954 A.P. McDonald
1955 G.D. Burnet
1956 R.C.B Aitken
1957 J.E.N. Dickie
1958 D. McKay Hart
1959 A.R.G. Handscombe
1960 W.D.S. McLay
1961 W.J.A Patrick
1962 J. Alistair Graham
1963 R.A.L. Low
1964 R.M. Lindsay
1965 D.A. Martin
1966 Kenneth C. Calman
1967 David L. Blair
1968 James Morrison
1969 Alan K. Burnett
1970 Neil Browning
1971 Lachlan McIntosh
1972 Ronald J. Smith
1973 Kenneth B. Mitchell
1974 Colin B. Reid
1975 David R. Houston
1976 Charles R.J. Singer
1977 Douglas Gentleman
1978 Andrew M. Wood
1979 Christine Corbett
1980 Anne P. Harrison
1981 Stephen Hunter
1982 Linda Cuthbertson
1983 Stephen Hickey
1984 Mike McKirdy
1985 CK Foo
1986 Andrew Morris
1987
1988
1989 John Davidson
1990 Johnny Fraser
1991
1992 Michael Downs
1993
1994 John Graham
1995 Stever Turner
1996 David Clarke
1997 Shouren Datta
1998 Paul Glen
1999 Roddy O'Kane
2000 Simon Gibson
2001 Oona-Mary Duffy
2002 Emily Fraser
2003 Mark McCleerey
2004 Steve Borland
2005 Duncan Renfrew
2006
2007 Arthur McPhee
2008 Maeve Ahern
2009 Andrew Haslett
2010 Holley Willison
2011 Rachel Dickinson
2012 Sophie Hodgson
2013 Kieran McGivern
2014 Kris McArdle
2015 Trung Tong
2016 Charles Gallagher
2017 Douglas Young
2018 Josie Lloyd
2019 Patrick Nicholas
2020 James Ansell
2021 Aimee Russell
2022 Elliott Shaw
2023 Jarrar Khan


Archives[edit]

The archives for the University of Glasgow Medico-Chirurgical Society are maintained by the Archives of the University of Glasgow (GUAS).[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Shaw, AB (July 1968). "The oldest medical societies in Great Britain". Medical History. 12 (3): 232–244. doi:10.1017/s0025727300013272. PMC 1033825. PMID 4875610.
  2. ^ a b Downie, James Walker (1908). The Medico-Chirurgical Society of Glasgow, 1814-1907. Presidential Address. Glasgow : Macdougall. p. 2. Retrieved 12 July 2014.
  3. ^ "Records of Glasgow University Medico-Chirurgical Society, student society, University of Glasgow, Scotland". University of Glasgow Archives. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 12 July 2014.
  4. ^ Egan, Rachael (27 June 2013). "Blogathon: Scottish Medical Students on an Excursion to Nazi Germany". universityofglasgowlibrary.wordpress.com. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
  5. ^ Anderson, Helen; Pye, Richard (2009). "Interview with Emile Sandé" (PDF). Surgo. 82 (2): 8–9. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 December 2014. Retrieved 21 October 2014.
  6. ^ "Surgo Glasgow". Scribd. Retrieved 12 July 2014.

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