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John Hunter
by Jessie Dobson
Pub. E. & S. Livingstone, Edinburgh & London 1969.
First edition.
Hardback in dustjacket.
xvii, 361 pages, illustrated.
Interesting biography of John Hunter FRS (1728 – 1793) one of the most distinguished scientists and surgeons of his day. He was an early advocate of careful observation and scientific method in medicine. He was a teacher of, and collaborator with, Edward Jenner, pioneer of the smallpox vaccine.
He quickly became an expert in anatomy. He spent some years as an Army surgeon, worked with the dentist James Spence conducting tooth transplants, and in 1764 set up his own anatomy school in London. He built up a collection of living animals whose skeletons and other organs he prepared as anatomical specimens, eventually amassing nearly 14,000 preparations demonstrating the anatomy of humans and other vertebrates, including 3,000+ animals.
Book condition: ex-library copy with usual stamps in good condition.
