International Medical Congress

The International Medical Congress (French: Congrès International de Médecine) was a series of international scientific conferences on medicine that took place, periodically, from 1867 until 1913.

The idea of such a congress came in 1865, during the third annual Medical Congress of France; Professor Henri Giutrac proposed holding an international medical conference in 1867, taking advantage of the fact that physicians and surgeons from all over the world would surely be in Paris to attend that year's International Exhibition. The first congress was a great success; it enjoyed the patronage of the French Government, having been officially attended by Victor Duruy, Minister of Public Instruction, and had several honorary members selected from foreign diplomatic bodies and learned societies.[1][2]

Congresses

Number	Year	Location	Notes
1st	1867	Paris, France
2nd	1869	Florence, Italy
3rd	1873	Vienna, Austria
4th	1875	Brussels, Belgium
5th	1877	Geneva, Switzerland
6th	1879	Amsterdam, The Netherlands
7th	1881	London, United Kingdom
8th	1884	Copenhagen, Denmark
9th	1887	Washington, D.C., United States	Secretary-General and, later, President: Nathan Smith Davis
10th	1890	Berlin, Germany
11th	1894	Rome, Italy
12th	1897	Moscow, Russia
13th	1900	Paris, France
14th	1903	Madrid, Spain
15th	1906	Lisbon, Portugal	President: Manuel da Costa Alemão; Secretary-General: Miguel Bombarda
16th	1909	Budapest, Hungary
17th	1913	London, United Kingdom

References

Quinlan, F. J. B. (December 1884). "A Retrospect of the International Medical Congress of 1884". The Dublin Journal of Medical Science. 78 (7): 499–506. doi:10.1007/bf02975762. Retrieved 16 February 2022.
"International Medical Congress, Eighth Session, held in Copenhagen, August 1884: The History of International Medical Congresses". The British Medical Journal. 2 (1238): 561–571. 20 September 1884. doi:10.1007/bf02975762. Retrieved 16 February 2022.

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[1] Quinlan, F. J. B. (December 1884). "A Retrospect of the International Medical Congress of 1884". The Dublin Journal of Medical Science. 78 (7): 499–506. doi:10.1007/bf02975762. Retrieved 16 February 2022.

[2] "International Medical Congress, Eighth Session, held in Copenhagen, August 1884: The History of International Medical Congresses". The British Medical Journal. 2 (1238): 561–571. 20 September 1884. doi:10.1007/bf02975762. Retrieved 16 February 2022.