Talk:Henry Vandyke Carter

	British Empire portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject British Empire, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of British Empire on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.British EmpireWikipedia:WikiProject British EmpireTemplate:WikiProject British EmpireBritish Empire articles
???	This article has not yet received a rating on the project's importance scale.

Yorkshire Low‑importance

	Yorkshire portal Henry Vandyke Carter is within the scope of WikiProject Yorkshire, an attempt to build a comprehensive and detailed guide to Yorkshire on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, you can visit the project page, where you can join the project, see a list of open tasks, and join in discussions on the project's talk page.YorkshireWikipedia:WikiProject YorkshireTemplate:WikiProject YorkshireYorkshire articles
Low	This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale.

Biography: Science and Academia

	Biography portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Biography, a collaborative effort to create, develop and organize Wikipedia's articles about people. All interested editors are invited to join the project and contribute to the discussion. For instructions on how to use this banner, please refer to the documentation.BiographyWikipedia:WikiProject BiographyTemplate:WikiProject Biographybiography articles
	This article is supported by the science and academia work group.

Infamous edit

Latest comment: 13 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

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)Reply

Baptised and brought up in Scarborough edit

Latest comment: 13 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

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)Reply

Professional Status edit

Latest comment: 5 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

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)Reply

Add topic