Herbert S. Carter Explained

Herbert Swift Carter
Birth Date:	September 19, 1869
Birth Place:	Orange, New Jersey
Death Date:	October 25, 1927
Death Place:	Baltimore
Occupation:	Physician, writer

Herbert Swift Carter (September 19, 1869 – October 25, 1927) was an American physician and writer.

Biography

Carter was born in Orange, New Jersey.^[1] He was educated at Lawrenceville School and the Dearborn Morgan School in Orange, New Jersey.^[2] He obtained his B.A. in 1892 from Princeton University. He studied medicine at Columbia University and graduated M.D. in 1895.^[2]

He took a post-graduate course at Berlin University researching pathology.^[2] On his return to the United States he established his private practice in New York City. Carter was an instructor in pathology at Cornell University Medical College for a year.^[2] He was assistant professor of clinical medicine at Columbia University, associate visiting physician of the NewYork–Presbyterian Hospital and consulting physician to the Lincoln Hospital.^[2]

Carter married Mabel Stewart Pettit in 1898, they had several children.^[3] He was a Fellow of the New York Academy of Medicine and member of the American Medical Association.^{[2] [1]} He co-authored Nutrition and Clinical Dietetics which went through many editions. Medical reviews were positive and described it as a valuable reference textbook for dietitians and nurses.^{[4] [5] [6]}

Carter died after an operation for a peptic ulcer at Johns Hopkins Hospital.^[7]

Selected publications

• Diet Lists of the Presbyterian Hospital, New York (1913)^[8]
• Nutrition and Clinical Dietetics (with Paul E. Howe and Howard H. Mason, 1921)^[6]

Further reading

• Eliot, Ellsworth. 1927. Dr. Herbert Swift Carter. Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine. 3. 12. 764–766. 2393728.

Notes and References

1. Herringshaw, Thomas William. (1919). The American Physician and Surgeon Blue Book. Chicago: American Blue Book Publishers. p. 92
2. Walsh, James J. (1919). History of Medicine in New York: Three Centuries of Medical Progress, Volume 5. New York: National Americana Society. pp. 283-284
3. Lee, Francis Bazley. (1910). Genealogical and Memorial History of the State of New Jersey, Volume 1. New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company. p. 146
4. 1918. Notes On Books. The British Medical Journal. 2. 3012. 316–317. 10.1136/bmj.2.3012.316. 220140274 .
5. 1919. Reviewed Work: Nutrition and Clinical Dietetics by Herbert S. Carter, Paul E. Howe, Howard H. Mason. The American Journal of Nursing. 20. 1. 81–82.
6. 1922. Reviewed Work: Nutrition and Clinical Dietetics by Herbert S. Carter, Paul E. Howe, Howard H. Mason. The American Journal of Nursing. 22. 6. 496. 10.1097/00000446-192203000-00027.
7. Lamb, Albert Richard. (1955). The Presbyterian Hospital and the Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, 1868-1943. Columbia University Press. p. 255
8. 1914. Reviewed Work: Diet Lists of the Presbyterian Hospital, New York City by Herbert S. Carter. The American Journal of Nursing. 14. 8. 685.