What is a Medical Galvanist>

carolegif | 16:57 Mon 26th Apr 2010 | Genealogy

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I have found an ancestor in Scotland who on his MMI was entered as William Harthill M.D. C.M. I assumed he was a doctor, but don't know what the C.M. stands for. I have found him on the census listed as a Medical Galvanist, and just before his death in 1872 he is M.D. of Nonvarde of Glasgow. Can anyone help? He died in 1872 at the age of 46 so I presume he caught something nasty from one of his patients as all the rest of the family lived until their 80's and 90's!

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Galvanism is the therapeutic use of electricity.

http://acronyms.thefreedictionary.com/MDCM

MDCM Medicinae Doctorem et Chirurgiae Magistrum (Latin: Doctor of Medicine and Master of Surgery)

http://en.wikipedia.o...ki/Doctor_of_Medicine

tells you all you could ever want to know about medical qualifications.

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Thanks! I was beginning to wonder if he was a charlatan!!

carole I have an ancestor who listed his occupation as a Quack Doctor.

One of my ex husband's ancestors gave her occupation as 'scrubber', she lived in the East End, so probably she was .....

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