Carter, Henry Vandyke (1831-1897)
TitleCarter, Henry Vandyke (1831-1897)
ReferenceMS0134
Level of descriptionfonds
Date1853-1855
Admin./ biographical historyHenry Vandyke Carter was a Surgeon, Anatomist, a Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (1853). From 1853 to 1855, Carter was a Student of Human and Comparative Anatomy at the Royal College of Surgeons, working with Richard Owen and John Thomas Queckett. Until 1857 he was a Demonstrater in Anatomy at St George's Hospital, London.
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Scope and Content"A Diary of Work done, with descriptions and illustrations of particular dissections etc, commencing June 25th 1853." Manuscript volume containing notes on work carried out by Henry Vandyke Carter while a Student of Human and Comparative Anatomy at the Royal College of Surgeons of England from 1853 to 1855.
The volume includes diary entries describing remounting preparations, various dissections, and work on museum catalogues. Carter spent much time assisting John Thomas Queckett and sometimes Richard Owen. The volume also contains various drawings to illustrate the descriptions.
Carter's work has been countersigned by Frederic Carpenter Skey (Professor of Anatomy and Surgery from 1852) and Edward Stanley (Member of Council 1835-1862, and President in 1848 and 1857).
The volume contains an index at the front which is continued at the back of the volume.
The volume includes diary entries describing remounting preparations, various dissections, and work on museum catalogues. Carter spent much time assisting John Thomas Queckett and sometimes Richard Owen. The volume also contains various drawings to illustrate the descriptions.
Carter's work has been countersigned by Frederic Carpenter Skey (Professor of Anatomy and Surgery from 1852) and Edward Stanley (Member of Council 1835-1862, and President in 1848 and 1857).
The volume contains an index at the front which is continued at the back of the volume.
Extent1 volume
LanguageEnglish
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Persons keyword Henry Vandyke Carter, 1831-1897, Deputy Surgeon General Indian Medical Service, Hunterian Museum Royal College of Surgeons of England, John Thomas Quekett, 1815-1861, histologist, Sir Richard Owen, 1804-1892, Knight, naturalist, Edward Stanley, 1793-1862, surgeon
SubjectMuseum collections, Student projects, Anatomy
