The Moynihan Chirurgical Club
TitleThe Moynihan Chirurgical Club
ReferenceMS0301
Level of descriptionfonds
Date1931-1959
CreatorUnknown
Admin./ biographical historyThe Moynihan Chirurgical Club was formed by Sir Berkeley Moynihan in 1909. Its purpose was for provincial surgeons to form friendships with each other and for educational value. The club held meetings twice a year which lasted two days each at one of the hospitals as guests of one or more of the hospital staff. It involved operations that could be performed, demonstrations on cases, specimens shown, and discussion. Seventeen surgeons attended the first meeting in 1909. The second meeting in 1910 was held in Edinburgh. In 1911 they went to Paris, with a second meeting held in Manchester. The society was first called the Chirurgical Club, but in 1929, at the suggestion of Rutherford Morison, the name was changed to the Moynihan Chirurgical Club. The motto "Without frontiers" was adopted in 1932.
Scope and ContentThe collections contains one photograph headed "Jubilee Meeting of the Moynihan Chirurgical club, The General Infirmary, Leeds, 1959".
The sitters are listed underneath as: E. R. Friselle, Leicester; F. H. Aitken Walker, Reading; C. F. Illingsworth, Glasgow; H. Blacow Yates, Sheffield; A. Innes, Birmingham; R. L. Holt, Manchester; P. H. R. Ghey, Cambridge; G. Armitage, Leeds; R. V. Cooke, Bristol; D. C. Dickson, Middlesborough; E. W. McMechan, Belfast; R. G. Paul, Bristol; T. Moore, Manchester; J. Cosbie Ross, Liverpool; T. Mc. W. Miller, Edinburgh; G. N. Bailey, Harrogate; R. K. Debenham, Birmingham; L. N. Pyrah, Leeds; F. A. R. Stammers, Birmingham; J. H. Rayner, Cleveland, USA; A. G. Brom, Leyden; J. B. Oldham, Liverpool; W. C. Wilson, Aberdeen; W. A. Mackey, Glasgow; W. J. Lytle, sheffield; A. Hedley Whyte, Newcastle; J. S. Loughbridge, Belfast; D. C. Corry, Oxford; P. R. Allison, Oxford; H. Reid, Liverpool; Ian Fraser, Belfast; P. J. Moir, Leeds; J. Morley, Manchester; S. G. Baring, Birmingham; Digby Chamberlain, Leeds, President; Sir Ernest Finch, Sheffield; J. A. G. Burton, Glasgow; I. Boerema, Amsterdam; F. Moore, Boston, USA; Sir James Learmonth, Edinburgh; E. Dahl-Iversen, Copenhagen; Sir George Martin, Leeds; P. Mallet guy, Lyons; Alton Ochsner, New Orleans, USA; N. Hodgson, Newcastle; H. W. Symons, Leeds.
Also in the collection are the following letters:
Moynihan, Berkeley to Gask, George, 1936, Beginnings of the Moynihan Chirurgical Club; The British Journal of Surgery and the Association of Surgeons.
Moynihan, Berkeley to Gask, George, June 10th 1936, 25A Park Square, Leeds, Concerning date of the foundation of the Moynihan club.
Moynihan, Berkeley to Gask, George, June 11th 1936, Carr Manor, Meanwood, Leeds, Letter found pasted into a bound copy of the British Journal of Surgery.
Gask, George to Power, Sir D'arcy, October 22nd 1936, Hatchmans, Hambleden, Henley-on-Thames, Forwarding on letter. (129.d.8.264*?)
Finch, Ernest to Gask, George, October 27th 1931, 53 Wilkinson Street, Sheffield, Concerning the foundations of the Moynihan Club.
The sitters are listed underneath as: E. R. Friselle, Leicester; F. H. Aitken Walker, Reading; C. F. Illingsworth, Glasgow; H. Blacow Yates, Sheffield; A. Innes, Birmingham; R. L. Holt, Manchester; P. H. R. Ghey, Cambridge; G. Armitage, Leeds; R. V. Cooke, Bristol; D. C. Dickson, Middlesborough; E. W. McMechan, Belfast; R. G. Paul, Bristol; T. Moore, Manchester; J. Cosbie Ross, Liverpool; T. Mc. W. Miller, Edinburgh; G. N. Bailey, Harrogate; R. K. Debenham, Birmingham; L. N. Pyrah, Leeds; F. A. R. Stammers, Birmingham; J. H. Rayner, Cleveland, USA; A. G. Brom, Leyden; J. B. Oldham, Liverpool; W. C. Wilson, Aberdeen; W. A. Mackey, Glasgow; W. J. Lytle, sheffield; A. Hedley Whyte, Newcastle; J. S. Loughbridge, Belfast; D. C. Corry, Oxford; P. R. Allison, Oxford; H. Reid, Liverpool; Ian Fraser, Belfast; P. J. Moir, Leeds; J. Morley, Manchester; S. G. Baring, Birmingham; Digby Chamberlain, Leeds, President; Sir Ernest Finch, Sheffield; J. A. G. Burton, Glasgow; I. Boerema, Amsterdam; F. Moore, Boston, USA; Sir James Learmonth, Edinburgh; E. Dahl-Iversen, Copenhagen; Sir George Martin, Leeds; P. Mallet guy, Lyons; Alton Ochsner, New Orleans, USA; N. Hodgson, Newcastle; H. W. Symons, Leeds.
Also in the collection are the following letters:
Moynihan, Berkeley to Gask, George, 1936, Beginnings of the Moynihan Chirurgical Club; The British Journal of Surgery and the Association of Surgeons.
Moynihan, Berkeley to Gask, George, June 10th 1936, 25A Park Square, Leeds, Concerning date of the foundation of the Moynihan club.
Moynihan, Berkeley to Gask, George, June 11th 1936, Carr Manor, Meanwood, Leeds, Letter found pasted into a bound copy of the British Journal of Surgery.
Gask, George to Power, Sir D'arcy, October 22nd 1936, Hatchmans, Hambleden, Henley-on-Thames, Forwarding on letter. (129.d.8.264*?)
Finch, Ernest to Gask, George, October 27th 1931, 53 Wilkinson Street, Sheffield, Concerning the foundations of the Moynihan Club.
Extent1 photograph and 1 file of letters
LanguageEnglish
System of arrangementAs described in the Scope and Content.
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Related objectsMS0284
These are mostly patient records, so are subject to closures.
These are mostly patient records, so are subject to closures.
SubjectLeeds, UK