John Hunter (surgeon)

John Hunter FRS (13 February 1728 – 16 October 1793) was a Scottish surgeon, one of the most distinguished scientists and surgeons of his day. The Hunterian Society of London was named in his honour, and the Hunterian Museum at the Royal College of Surgeons preserves his name and his collection of anatomical specimens.

Quotes

• Some Physiologists will have it that the Stomach is a Mill;—others, that it is a fermenting Vat;—others, again, that it is a Stew-pan;—but in my view of the matter, it is neither a Mill, a fermenting Vat, nor a Stew-pan—but a STOMACH, gentlemen, a STOMACH.
  • Manuscript lecture note, quoted as an epigraph in J. A. Paris, A Treatise on Diet (1824)

See also

• Anne Hunter

External links

• Encyclopedic article on John Hunter (surgeon) on Wikipedia