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Hunterian Professorship
The Hunterian Professorship, named after John Hunter (surgeon), John Hunter, is the title awarded to a surgeon who is elected to deliver the Hunterian lecture at the Royal College of Surgeons of England (RCSE). According to British surgeon Harold Ellis (surgeon), Harold Ellis, the list of Hunterian professors reflects the history of British surgery. History On 13 June 1803, the trustees of the Hunterian Collection met for the first time at the then newly titled RCSE. Clause 2 stated: That one course of lectures, not less than 24 in number, on comparative anatomy and other subjects, illustrated by the preparations, should be given every year by some Member of the Company. In 1894, the Clause was revised: That one course of lectures, not less than 12 in number, on comparative anatomy and other subjects, illustrated by preparations from the Hungarian Collection and the other contents of the Museum, shall be given every year by the Fellows or Members of the College. The rules were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Hunter (surgeon)
John Hunter (13 February 1728 – 16 October 1793) was a British surgeon, 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 is alleged to have paid for the stolen body of Charles Byrne, and proceeded to study and exhibit it against the deceased's explicit wishes. His wife, Anne Hunter (''née'' Home), was a poet, some of whose poems were set to music by Joseph Haydn. He learned anatomy by assisting his elder brother William with dissections in William's anatomy school in Central London, starting in 1748, and 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 prepa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
