Editing William Harvey (section)

=== The College of Physicians, marriage and Saint Bartholomew's Hospital ===
After graduating from Padua, Harvey immediately returned to England, where he obtained the degree of Doctor of Medicine from the [[University of Cambridge]] that same year, and became a fellow of [[Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge]]. Following this, Harvey established himself in London, joining the [[Royal College of Physicians]] on 5 October 1604.

A few weeks after his admission, Harvey married Elizabeth Browne, "daughter of [[Lancelot Browne]] Dr. Physic" (a medical doctor).{{sfn|Power|1897|p=29}} They had no children.<ref>{{Cite web |title=William Harvey {{!}} Biography, Education, Experiments, Discoveries, & Facts {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/William-Harvey |access-date=2024-08-30 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref>

Harvey was elected a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians on 5 June 1607, which earned him the [[Post-nominal letters]] FRCP.{{sfn|Power|1897|p=31}} He then accepted a position at [[St Bartholomew's Hospital]] that he was to occupy for almost all the rest of his life. Succeeding Dr Wilkinson on 14 October 1609, he became the Physician in charge at [[St Bartholomew's Hospital|St&nbsp;Bartholomew's Hospital]], which enjoined him, "in God's most holy name" to "endeavor yourself to do the best of your knowledge in the profession of physic to the poor then present, or any other of the poor at any time of the week which shall be sent home unto you by the Hospitaller... You shall not, for favor, lucre or gain, appoint or write anything for the poor but such good and wholesome things as you shall think with your best advice will do the poor good, without any affection or respect to be had to the apothecary. And you shall take no gift or reward... for your counsel... This you will promise to do as you shall answer before God... "{{sfn|Power|1897|pp=35–36}}

Harvey earned around thirty-three pounds a year and lived in a small house in [[Ludgate]], although two houses in [[West Smithfield]] were attached as fringe benefits to the post of Physician. At this point, the physician's function consisted of a simple but thorough analysis of patients who were brought to the hospital once a week and the subsequent writing of prescriptions.{{sfn|Power|1897|pp=36–37}}