title: A brief history of the British Pharmacological Society.
abstract: The article traces the history of the BPS since its inception in 1931 until the present day. Details are given about the size and nature of the membership and how the governance of the Society has changed during the last 75 years. The emergence of the Clinical Section from within the main Society and the growth of the Society's publications are described.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 2QQ. awc1000@cam.ac.uk
authors.forename: Alan W
authors.initials: AW
authors.lastname: Cuthbert
mesh_terms: D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D010506:Periodicals as Topic / Q000266:history; D010600:Pharmacology / Q000266:history*; D010601:Pharmacology, Clinical / Q000266:history; D012958:Societies, Scientific / Q000266:history*; D006113:United Kingdom