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John Hunter FRS (13 February 1728 – 16 October 1793) was a Scottish surgeon, one of the most distinguished scientists and surgeons of his day. He was an early advocate of careful observation and scientific methods in medicine. He was a teacher of, and collaborator with, Edward Jenner, pioneer of the smallpox vaccine.
John Hunter (born Feb. 13, 1728, Long Calderwood, Lanarkshire, Scot.—died Oct. 16, 1793, London, Eng.) was a surgeon, founder of pathological anatomy in England, and early advocate of investigation and experimentation.
John Hunter was born in Scotland in 1728. He moved to London and trained as a surgeon at St Bartholomew’s Hospital. His collection of human and animal body parts is now in the Hunterian Museum at...
Hunter created experiments to test his concepts of pathology, such as grafting a human tooth onto a cock’s comb to prove the feasibility of tooth transplantation, a procedure he advocated to
J ohn Hunter was the first surgeon to dissect and examine cadavers to understand the function of the human body. Today he is considered the founder of pathological anatomy and remains among the world's greatest physiologists and surgeons. John Hunter was born in rural Scotland in 1728.
John Hunter was an anatomist and surgeon, often referred to as the founder of scientific surgery and the father of modern surgery. Hunter is credited with transforming surgery into a sound medical practice based on detailed understanding of human anatomy.
John Hunter was one of a number of 18th-century pioneers of an approach to surgery and to medicine which stressed the importance of making observations and experiments (Tröhler 1978) but probably the most influential.
