Liverpool Medical Institution

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| location = Mount Pleasant and Hope Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, England

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| architect = Clark Rampling

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The Liverpool Medical Institution is a historic medical organisation based in Liverpool, United Kingdom. Its building on the corner of Mount Pleasant and Hope Street was opened in 1837, but the site has been used as a medical library since 1779.{{Cite book|title=A Medical History of Liverpool from the Earliest Days to the Year 1920|last=Bickerton|first=T.H.|publisher=J. Murray|year=1936|location=London}}

History

The building is on the site of a former inn and a bowling green, which was the birthplace of the businessman and amateur scientist William Roscoe. In 1779 a group of local doctors created the Liverpool Medical Library.{{Citation | url = http://www.lmi.org.uk/| title = Welcome| access-date = 7 August 2011| publisher = Liverpool Medical Institution}}{{Citation | last = Pye| first = Ken| year = 2011| title = Discover Liverpool| publication-place = Liverpool| publisher = Trinity Mirror Media| page = 32| isbn = 978-1-906802-90-5}} In 1833 the Liverpool Medical Society was formed. The two societies merged as the Liverpool Medical Institution, and commissioned Clark Rampling to design a building to house it. The building cost £4,000

({{Inflation|UK-GDP|4000|1837|r=-4|fmt=eq|cursign=£}}),{{Inflation-fn|UK-GDP|df=y|mode=cs2}} and was opened in 1837. In 1907 the Council Room was remodelled by Edmund Rathbone.{{Citation | last =Pollard| first =Richard | last2 = Pevsner | first2 = Nikolaus | author2-link =Nikolaus Pevsner| series= The Buildings of England|title =Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West | publisher =Yale University Press | year =2006 | location =New Haven and London | page = 378| isbn =0-300-10910-5 }} The society was incorporated under a Royal Charter in 1964. An extension was added to the building in 1966. In 1998 a major refurbishment of the building took place.

The Liverpool Medical Institution is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building.{{NHLE |num= 1208429|desc= Liverpool Medical Institution|accessdate= 22 June 2012|mode=cs2}}

Architecture

The building is constructed in stone, and presents a curved façade to Mount Pleasant and Hope Street. Its architectural style is Greek Revival. It has 16 bays. The lateral three bays on each side are recessed and have two storeys; the rest of the building is single-storied. The central seven bays form a recessed entrance behind six unfluted Ionic columns. Elsewhere the bays are divided by pilasters. The windows are sash windows. Along the top of the building is a cornice. Inside is a central hall, a lecture theatre, a library, a museum, and meeting rooms, all lit from above by glazed domes.

Present day

The Institution "exists to foster an environment for furthering medical and health education and knowledge".{{Citation | url = http://www.lmi.org.uk/Membership.aspx| title = Membership| access-date = 7 August 2011| publisher = Liverpool Medical Institution}} It organises lectures and social events,{{Citation | url = http://www.lmi.org.uk/LecturesAndSocialEvents.aspx | title = Diary of lectures & social events| access-date = 7 August 2011| publisher = Liverpool Medical Institution}} runs a library,{{Citation | url = http://www.lmi.org.uk/LibraryAndArchives.aspx| title = The Library| access-date = 7 August 2011| publisher = Liverpool Medical Institution}} and hosts meetings of the Liverpool Medical History Society, which was founded in 1984.{{Citation | url = http://www.lmi.org.uk/LiverpoolMedicalHistorySociety.aspx| title = Liverpool Medical History Society| access-date = 7 August 2011| publisher = Liverpool Medical Institution}} It is a registered charity,{{Citation | url = http://www.charity-commission.gov.uk/Showcharity/RegisterOfCharities/CharityWithoutPartB.aspx?RegisteredCharityNumber=210112&SubsidiaryNumber=0 | title = Liverpool Medical Institution| access-date = 7 August 2011| publisher = Charity Commission}}{{Citation | url = http://www.lmi.org.uk/DisclaimerAndCopyright.aspx | title = Disclaimer & site information| access-date = 7 August 2011| publisher = Liverpool Medical Institution}} and hosts the Mersey branches of the Royal College of Physicians and Royal College of General Practitioners of Great Britain.{{Cite web|url=http://www.rcgp.org.uk/rcgp-near-you/faculties/north-england-region/mersey-faculty.aspx|title=RCGP {{!}} Mersey Faculty|website=www.rcgp.org.uk|language=en|access-date=2017-02-08|mode=cs2}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.rcplondon.ac.uk/whos-who/mersey-regional-office|title=Mersey|date=2015-10-10|newspaper=RCP London|access-date=2017-02-08|mode=cs2}} The Institution also contains an historic library, available to members and researchers, which includes an archive of rare medical books and manuscripts from the 16th century.{{Cite web|url=http://www.lmi.org.uk/libraryandarchives.aspx|title=Library and Archives, Liverpool Medical Institution|website=www.lmi.org.uk|access-date=2016-11-11|mode=cs2}}

A portrait of Dr Richard Caton hangs in the Institution, who founded the forerunner to the Liverpool Medical Students Society, known as The Liverpool Royal Infirmary School of Medicine Debating Society (M.S.D.S.) in 1874.

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|File:Liverpool Medical Institution 2.jpg|Modern Extension of Liverpool Medical Institution, shown from Mount Pleasant, Liverpool

|File:Martin Archer Shee - William Roscoe - Google Art Project.jpg|William Roscoe (1753-1831) born at the Bowling Green public house on the site now occupied by the Liverpool Medical Institution

|File:Lord Henry Cohen of Birkenhead (14465955098).jpg|Henry Cohen, 1st Baron Cohen of Birkenhead, president of the Liverpool Medical Institution for the year 1954.

|File:Portrait of Frances Ivens. Wellcome L0004410 (cropped).jpg|Frances Ivens, first female vice-president of the Liverpool Medical Institution, 1926.

|File:LMI library 2018.jpg|The Institution's library

|File:General view, Council Room.jpg|The Council Room

|File:LMI lecture theatre 1.jpg|The Lecture Theatre

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