John Hunter (surgeon)
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John Hunter (surgeon)
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John Hunter 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. 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 (née Home), was a poet, some of whose poems were set to music by Joseph Hayd
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British surgeon (1728–1793)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hunter_(surgeon)
date created:
2002-11-21T17:55:57Z
date modified:
2024-09-10T16:43:36Z
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