Reproduced courtesy of Pharmacy Times, December
17, 2014 via COMA
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‘I can teach you how to bottle fame, brew glory,
and even put a stopper in death...’
Severus Snape in ‘Harry Potter and the
Philosophers Stone’, J K Rowling.
There’s a bit of magic in how anaesthetists and
pharmacists can alter our conscious states and perceptions of pain, and cure so
many illnesses. Join COMA (the Collection of Medical Artefacts Tasmania Group) to explore the effects of chemistry on the human
mind and body in four talks
Venue: Frances
Parsons Building, Jane Franklin Hall, 6 Elboden St. South Hobart.
When: 10.00
a.m. Saturday 23rd March 2019
Program
10:05-10:25
Dr John Paull
An Unlikely
Anaesthetist: Charles Darwin and his interesting use of Chloroform
10:30-10:50
Dr Richard Waldron
Amazing Advances in
Modern Anaesthesia. An overview from a practising anaesthetist
10:55-
11:25 Morning Tea , Coffee and Tasty Delights
11:30 –
11:50 Mr Ralph Tapping
Before the dollar and
before the Contraceptive Pill.
Life as a chemist in the 1950s and 60s
11:55 -12:15 Prof Greg Peterson
Modern medicines: a
spectrum from the marvellous to the ridiculous.
Cost: $20
per person, $10 for Friends and free for students
Subscription to become a Friend: $30 adults, $20
concession, free for students.
If you are a Friend, and bringing a partner, both
are charged at Friends rate.
Payment can be made at the door (cash only), or
our bank account:
COMA Tas BSB 067 102, Account number 1045
0073
More about COMA
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-03-11/historical-medical-tools-on-show-in-tasmania/9535124
https://www1.racgp.org.au/newsgp/professional/a-visit-to-coma,-tasmania%E2%80%99s-medical-museum