| Administrative History | A party from the British Medical Association was invited to the Soviet Union as guests of the Soviet Ministry of Health and the Academy of Medical Sciences in August 1956. The party, which visited Moscow, Leningrad, Kiev and Sochi (on the eastern Baltic Coast), appears to have comprised a mixture of delegates, with the emphasis upon those engaged in medical research. Mary Esslemont was perhaps the only general practitioner included. An account of the trip by Dr J.G.M. Hamilton of Edinburgh University, was published in the 'British Medical Journal', 3 November 1956. |