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Thomas Pickering Pick (13 June 1841 – 6 September 1919) was a British surgeon and author. He edited the tenth through fourteenth editions of ''
Gray's Anatomy ''Gray's Anatomy'' is a reference book of human anatomy written by Henry Gray, illustrated by Henry Vandyke Carter, and first published in London in 1858. It has gone through multiple revised editions and the current edition, the 42nd (Octo ...
'', succeeding Timothy Holmes as editor. His other notable books include ''Fractures and Dislocations'' (Cassell & Co, 1885), ''A Treatise on Surgery'' (1875), and ''Surgery'' (1899). Pickering Pick's father was a
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merchant. At 16, he came to
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and trained at
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. He qualified for the
Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons Fellowship of the Royal Colleges of Surgeons (FRCS) is a professional qualification to practise as a senior surgeon in Ireland or the United Kingdom. It is bestowed on an intercollegiate basis by the four Royal Colleges of Surgeons (the Royal ...
in 1866 and was elected as the hospital's assistant surgeon in 1869. From 1878 to 1898 he held the office of surgeon, then became a consulting surgeon prior to his 1900 retirement. For many years he was Inspector of Anatomy for England and Wales.


References


"Obituary: Thomas Pickering Pick, F.R.C.S.Eng."
''Br Med J.'' 1919 September 20; 2(3064): 399.


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* 1841 births 1919 deaths British surgeons British book editors British medical writers Fellows of the Royal College of Surgeons People educated at the Royal Institution School {{UK-med-bio-stub