Health Sciences Historical Society
- UBCA-ARC-AUTH-887
- Corporate body
- 1966-[197-]
The Health Sciences Historical Society was founded in the fall of 1966. The society had a mandate to provide a forum of expression of interest and promote the study of the history of the sciences dealing with human health. It was formed at the request of Prof. William C. Gibson, head of the Department of the History of Science and Medicine. The precursor to this society was the B.C. branch of the Canadian Society for the Study of the History of Science and Philosophy of Science. Membership was split into three groups: active members (drawn from students and graduates from the faculties of medicine and science), associate members (and interested individuals), and patrons/friends (people with “sympathy for the objects” of the society). Meetings were composed of lectures by members of the society, hosted at members’ homes or other locations. The society likely stopped meeting in the late 1970s, based on the last meeting notice found in the fonds.