Historic Documents

Joint Meeting of the Council of the British Thoracic Association and the Executive of the Thoracic Society. This combined meeting took place at the time of the successful winding up of the British Thoracic Association and the Thoracic Society – and the formation of the British Thoracic Society (BTS).

Standing (left to right): Mrs D. M. Buston, Administrative Secretary, BTA, R. Mikhail, R. Grenville-Mathers, S. Narivnan, J. V. Collins, P. F. Mitchell-Heggs, B. D. W. Harrison, A. Seaton, M. Turner-Warwick, G. S. Kilpatrick, D. K. Stevenson, R. J. White, C. M. Ogihee, BHR Stack, D.M. Geddes, N.W. Horne, C. D. Eraut, O. R. McCarthey, H. R. Matthews, E. W. Hughes, M. K. Benson.

Sitting (left to right): L. Hurt (Honorary Treasurer, TS), M Meredith-Brown, K. M. Citron (Honorary Treasurer, BTA), E. G. Anderson (Hon. Secretary, BTA), B. B. Milstein (President, TS), A. R. Samuel (President BTA), A. E. Tattersfield, (Hon. Secretary, TS), J. W. B. Grant, P. D. B Davies, G. J. Gibson, J. A. Campbell.

Programme and abstract booklet of the first Summer Meeting of the British Thoracic Society

The very first presentation at the first Summer Meeting in 1982 reflected how a smokefree society has been a priority of BTS since its very first day.