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About the symposium
The 2025 Symposium will see its inaugural participation in the Melbourne Rare Book Week, 24 July – 2 August 2025.
Join us for this free event that celebrates the importance of surgical history. Presentations will include the Black Death and explore authors from the prized Cowlishaw Collection including Vesalius, Aurelius Cornelius Celsus, Remmelin, and Al – Zahrāwī.
Assoc Prof Felix Behan, FRACS AM will deliver the Kenneth Fitzpatrick Russell Memorial Lecture.
Event details
Theme: Disruption
Date: Saturday 26 July 2025
Time: 10.00am – 5.00pm
Location: RACS Melbourne, 250 – 290 Spring Street, East Melbourne
Cost: Free event, open to RACS members and the general public
Program: To be confirmed
Find out more
View information on the RACS Cowlishaw Collection and events happening as part of Melbourne Rare Book Week.
For all enquiries, please contact the History, Heritage and Archives Section via email at [email protected].