Henry Connor

Biography

Dr Connor’s areas of research include 1) the history of anaesthesia, particularly military anaesthesia and 2) the history of provincial medicine and provincial medical societies and associations in the nineteenth century. He is a member and previous council member of the History of Anaesthesia Society. He is a member of several societies relating to the history of medicine and has lectured to the British Society for the History of Medicine, History of Medicine Society of Wales, the Birmingham Society for the History of Medicine, the Herefordshire Medical Society and the West Sussex History of Medicine Society.

Research Interest

Dr. Connor’s present projects include the history of military anaesthesia, the contribution of anaesthetic research to the origins of experimental pharmacology in the 1850s and 60s, the history of the Herefordshire Medical Association, and the work of Sir Joseph Fayrer (Indian Medical Service) with particular reference to the political implications of his role as head of the medical department at the India Office in the late 19th century.