Talk:Henry Vandyke Carter

Infamous
I'm not sure why Grays Anatomy should be referred to as infamous? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Peasholm guru (talk • contribs) 12:31, 30 July 2010 (UTC)

Baptised and brought up in Scarborough
It might be worth mentioning that he was baptised and brought up in Scarborough which is why he probably retired there. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Peasholm guru (talk • contribs) 12:33, 30 July 2010 (UTC)

Professional Status
The article as it stands underplays Carter's status in the medical profession in the early part of his career. Having qualified in 1852 as a Licentiate of the Society of Apothecaries and Member of the Royal College of Surgeons, he did not have to become a pharmacist or even a "pharmacist-surgeon:" he was qualified to be a "surgeon-apothecary", the old term for what came to be known in Britain as a "general practitioner." These were the normal qualifications held by most medical men in England at that time, though not enough for a physician in consulting practice or an aspiring academic. The error comes from translating "apothecary" from English to American as "pharmacist."

The statement that becoming a Bachelor of Medicine in 1854 was not enough to allow him to prescribe, visit patients or operate is also wrong: as an MRCS he could operate within his competence, and an Act of Parliament in 1854 extended to London Bachelors of Medicine the privileges of those with the same degree from Oxford or Cambridge Universities. NRPanikker (talk) 23:01, 18 March 2019 (UTC)