Arris and Gale Lecture

The Arris and Gale Lecture, named for Edward Arris and John Gale, is an awarded lectureship of the Royal College of Surgeons. The first lecture was delivered by Sir William Blizard in 1810.^[1][2]

Origin

In 1646 Edward Arris, an Alderman of the City of London, established a lecture on muscle anatomy.^[3] John Gale, a surgeon, later made a donation for a lecture (Gale anatomy lecture) on the anatomy of bones, the first of which was delivered by Clopton Havers in 1694.^[3] The two lectures were combined in 1810, to form the Arris and Gale Lecture, encompassing all human anatomy and physiology.^[3] The first lecture was delivered by Sir William Blizard in 1810.^[4]

Lecturers

Lectures

Year	Recipient	Lecture title	Image
1810	Sir William Blizard[5]
1912	Edward Fawcett[6]
1929	Victor Negus[7]	"On the Mechanism of the Larynx"
1973	Paul Turner[8]
1942	Herbert Haxton[9]
1949	E. S. Hughes[10]	"The Development of the Mammary Gland"
1953	Herbert Haxton[9]
1959	R. M. McMinn[11]	"The Cellular Anatomy of Experimental Wound Healing"
1962	Graham Stack[12]	"A Study of Muscle Function in the Fingers"
1963	J. P. Martin[13]	"The Basal Ganglia and Locomotion"
1976	Sean P. F. Hughes[3][14]	"The distribution of 99mTc-EHDP in the tissues of the dog and its application in the assessment of fracture healing",[3] based on mineral transport in bone.[15]

See also

• Bradshaw Lecture
• Hunterian Oration