title: Three Licentiates of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh who were decorated with the Victoria Cross.
abstract: Since the Victoria Cross was introduced in January 1856 by Queen Victoria to reward acts of valour in the face of the enemy, initially during the Crimean War, over 1350 medals have been awarded. Of these, three were awarded to medical officers who had previously gained the Licentiate Diploma of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (LRCS Edin) - Valentine Munbee McMaster on 25 September 1857, Henry Thomas Sylvester on 20 November 1857 (although the acts of valour for which he was awarded his VC occurred on two occasions in September 1855) and Campbell Mellis (or Millis) Douglas on 7 May 1867.
authors.affiliation: University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK. professor.kaufman@yahoo.co.uk
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Kaufman
mesh_terms: D001363:Awards and Prizes; D005197:Famous Persons; D013502:General Surgery / Q000266:history*; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D012606:Scotland