title: John Hunter: the first surgical scientist.
abstract: John Hunter was a brilliant surgeon and teacher, the father of scientific surgery and surgical pathology and founder of the world-renowned Hunterian museum. This essay attempts to answer the following questions. Who was this man? How did he achieve such a remarkable station? Why was he loved by some yet detested by others? When did the poor student start to become the superb teacher? How did he manage to collect the thousands of specimens he left in his museum? What is it about Hunter that makes him so well remembered today, almost 200 years after his death?
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002415:Cats; D004739:England; D013502:General Surgery / Q000266:history; D049671:History, 18th Century; D009144:Museums / Q000266:history; D010340:Pathology, Surgical / Q000266:history; D012606:Scotland