From the President…

  • Donald Macarthur

Abstract


Now that the new year is here and the Society’s President’s Annual Dinner is over, there is perhaps a tendency to feel that the high point of the Society’s year is passed. I would urge you however to resist such self-indulgent fancies and see that as a Society we have a function throughout the academic year.

From my own point of view, it must be said, the Society’s 254th session started quite memorably with the Freshers’ Address and Party, at which, as some of you may remember, I pulled off one of the greatest publicity stunts of recent years with a well-timed lateral dislocation of my right patella whilst dancing in the Meeting Hall. The immediate correction of this somewhat painful and rather inconvenient anatomical anomaly necessitated a little trip across to those nice people in the Accident and Emergency Department, at the time undergoing one of their typically pleasant late night Friday sessions. Seeing A&E from under the blankets for a change was rather enlightening. On reflection however I would advise you to be very sceptical of those in the profession who proclaim that a visit to hospital on the receiving end teaches you what it’s like to be a patient.

How to Cite
Macarthur, D. (1). From the President…. Res Medica, 2(1). https://doi.org/10.2218/resmedica.v2i1.962