Tuesday 4 February 2014 Central London While it is important to acknowledge the role of Black people in the evolution of the NHS and to highlight medical practitioners like Mary Seacole, the role of Black people in the history of medicine and surgery goes back much further than this. The documented history of medicine and surgery actually goes as far back as Ancient Egyptian times! Not only that, the other great early kingdoms and empires in Africa contributed to the evolution of medical and surgical knowledge. Moreover, African Americans have made great advances in these areas since the eighteenth century right up until now. In this lecture, discussion and book launch, Robin Walker ‘the Black History Man’ will tell this inspirational story stretching over thousands of years of history. He will also be launching his books Blacks and Science Volumes I, II and III. IMPORTANT *** Please send a note to historicalwalker@yahoo to CONFIRM your attendance *** IMPORTANT You will learn the details on: * The Ancient Egyptian medical document that contains diagnoses of fractures that could ONLY be detected today using X-rays * The antibiotics used in the Nile Valley thousands of years before Sir Alexander Fleming supposedly discovered penicillin * The West African doctor who treated French ruler Charles VII in 1420 when everyone else failed * The surviving sixteenth century Timbuktu manuscript that has a formula for making tooth paste and suggests that regular brushing of your teeth removes bad breath * The British medical doctor in 1879 who witnessed a successful caesarean section performed by indigenous surgeons in Uganda with complete success when caesarean sections had a 100% death rates for the mother when performed in Europe at the time * The African American surgeon who performed a completely successful open heart surgery in 1893 * The African American chemist whose treatment for rheumatoid arthritis broke the monopoly that European chemists had on the production of sterols IMPORTANT *** Please send a note to historicalwalker@yahoo to CONFIRM your attendance *** IMPORTANT This is the SECOND in a series of monthly lectures that The Black History Man will be presenting at THE MELLA CENTRE on the FIRST TUESDAY of EACH MONTH! Cost: £5.00 Event: The Inspirational Story of Black People in the Origin and Evolution of Medicine and Surgery: Lecture, Discussion and Book Launch Venue: The Mella Centre, 73 Oxford Street, Central London, W12 2EP When: Tuesday 4 February 2014 at 7pm sharp Nearest tube: Oxford Street or Tottenham Court Road
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