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John Hunter

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According to Wikipedia, John Hunter 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 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 , was a poet, some of whose poems were set to music by Joseph Haydn.

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John Hunter 's Published Works

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An Experiment to Determine the Effect of Extirpating One Ovarium upon the Number of Young Produced (18)
XXIX. An account of certain receptacles of air, in birds, which communicate with the lungs, and are lodged both among the fleshy parts and in the hollow bones of those animals (17)
XXXVIII. Observations on the structure and oeconomy of whales. By John Hunter, Esq. F. R. S. communicated by Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. F. R. S (8)
XLIII. Experiments on animals and vegetables, with respect to the power of producing heat (4)
Important researches upon the existence, nature and communication of venereal infection in pregnant women, new-born infants and nurses (3)
XXIV. Observations tending to shew that the wolf, jackal, and dog, are all of the same species (3)
XXXIX. An account of the Gymnotus Electricus. (3)
VIII. Observations on bees (2)
XXX. Account of an extraordinary pheasant (2)
XXXI. On the digestion of the stomach after death, by John Hunter, F. R. S. and surgeon to St. George's Hospital (2)
Of Diseases, Supposed to Be Venereal, Produced by Transplanted Teeth (1)
Directions for preserving animals and parts of animals for anatomical investigations : and concerning extraneous fossils. (1)
VIII. Account of a woman who had the small pox during pregnancy, and who seemed to have communicated the same disease to the fœtus (1)
II. Of the heat, &c. of animals and vegetables (1)
The Works of John Hunter, F.R.S.: Vol. III., A Treatise on the Blood, Inflammation, &c. (1)
XXIII. Account of the organ of hearing in fish (0)
V. Some observations on the heat of wells and springs in the island of Jamaica, and on the temperature of the Earth below the surface in different climates (0)
NOTIFICATION OF BIRTHS ACT. (0)
XV. A supplementary letter on the identity of the species of the dog, wolf, and jackal; from John Hunter, Esq. F. R. S. addressed to Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. P. R. S (0)
XXXII. Observations on the gillaroe trout, commonly called in Ireland, the gizzard trout (0)
XL. A supplement to the account of an amphibious bipes; by John Ellis, Esq; (Art. XXII.) being the anatomical description of the said animal (0)
Observations on the Case of Mollities Ossium Described in the Preceding Article; with Some General Remarks on That Disease (0)

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St George's, University of London

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