| Main Performers | HRH Prince Arthur of Connaught,
Sir Edward Grey,
Sir Thomas Barlow, President of the Congress,
Dr William Thayer - speakers |
| Set List | Welcome address (HRH Prince Arthur of Connaught),
Stirring speech (Sir Edward Grey),
Presidential address (Sir Thomas Barlow),
'The Star-Spangled Banner' |
| Royal Presence | HRH Prince Arthur of Connaught |
| Performance Notes | The 1913 congress was officially opened by Prince Arthur of Connaught, on behalf of the King. Delegates from 28 foreign countries attended the congress, which was held every four years, the last meeting being at Budapest (Hungary) in 1909. Each day of the Congress, except Saturday there was a general session held at the Royal Albert Hall for all 5,000 attendees. Various other buildings were used around London and also South Kensington, including Imperial College and the new School of Mines.
"WORLD'S DOCTORS.
GREAT CONGRESS IN LONDON NEXT WEEK.
PROGRAMME OUTLINED.
One of the most important congresses of its kind, both from the scientific point of view and from that of the number of well-known persons who will attend it, opens in London next Wednesday...The spacious accommodation of the Albert Hall has been well chosen for the central offices, general meetings, and official addresses of the Congress, and throughout the forthcoming week the precincts of the building will be thronged with distinguished medical men, representing every country in the world.
...The scientific business of the Congress will include over a hundred formal discussions, whilst some five or six hundred technical papers are in the programme, of which many will have to be "taken as read." The doctors will meet for these debates at various well-known institutions, including the St Thomas's Hospital, the Royal College of Physicians, the University of London, and the Royal Society of Medicine's buildin, in Wimpole street."
(The Daily Telegraph, 2 August 1913) |
| Related Archival Material | Illustration (RAHE/9/1913/4) |