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Blackburn
TSS Blackburn 8-10 September 2022 2022 will be remembered in perpetuity. We were at an organ recital, part of the Alan Green lecture by our Blackburn host Andrew Evans, when we learnt that the Queen had died that afternoon. … Continue reading
Tunbridge Wells
Royal Tunbridge Wells (often shortened to Tunbridge Wells) is a large affluent town in western Kent, England, about 40 miles (64 km) south-east of central London by road, 34.5 miles (55.5 km) by rail. The town is close to the border of … Continue reading
London
London, with its large population and many hospitals, has been the most frequent venue for home meetings although it was not until 1972 that any meeting was held in the metropolis, perhaps because the purpose of the original Travelling Surgical … Continue reading
Germany
Germany has been the country most visited by the Travelling Surgical Society which has been there nine times, though Berlin was only visited once, in 1936 and for this no Report is extant (and may never have been written) though … Continue reading
Holland
Holland was the first country to be visited by the Society, in 1925 when the 13 members went to Utrecht, The Hague and Amsterdam. In Utrecht, Professor Lameris was a formidable figure held in awe by his compatriots. He did … Continue reading
Switzerland
The 1927 visit to Switzerland was arranged by Professor Clairmont whose bloodless no-touch technique was much admired when the group attended his Kantonspital in Zurich, where they saw frozen section pathology performed for the first time. In Basle, Professor Henschen’s … Continue reading
Norway
Norway was first visited in 1949, by seven Society members and three wives, who sailed on the good ship SS Venus from Newcastle to Bergen and took the night train to Oslo where they were welcomed at the Rikshospitalet by … Continue reading
Greece
The TSS first visited Greece in 1969, staying in Athens to see the large and somewhat decrepit Evangelismos Hospital, with its three levels of patients and tri-partite surgical department, the main University Hospital, the Hippokrateion, with 600 students under the … Continue reading
Poland
Poland was the Society’s second foray into to the Eastern bloc. In Warsaw the Society visited the First Surgical Clinic run by Professor Nielubowicz. Members were entertained in the Medical Club, under the auspices of the Trade Union of Health … Continue reading
Gibraltar
The only visit by our group to Gibraltar was in 1987, when it was followed by a tour of southern Spain. The party stayed at the Rock Hotel, and on their first day had a tour of Gibraltar’s sights, including … Continue reading
