Fifth Harrison lecture 1984: the development of a specialty.

Abstract

In 1973 the Medical Society for the Study of Venereal Diseases inaugurated the Harrison Lecture to honour the memory of Lawrence Whitaker Harrison, one of the founders of the British service for patients with venereal diseases. There have been four previous lecturers; Mr Ambrose King in 1974, Professor Thomas Turner in 1976, Dr Claud Nicol in 1978, and Dr Richard Willcox in 1982. Naturally I feel honoured to have been asked to join this distinguished group but also inadequate to fill the role of 5th Harrison lecturer and to find suitable words to describe the achievements of this remarkable man.