Quotes:Hunter, John

Zirkoff, Boris

Hunter, John. Scottish surgeon and physician, b. Long Calderwood, Lanarkshire, Feb. 13, 1728; d. London, Oct. 16, 1793. Studied surgical pathology at Chelsea Hosp., London, 1749-50; made original observations. Staff surgeon in France and Portugal, 1760-63. Returned to London and started practice as surgeon. Appointed surgeon to St. George’s Hosp., 1768. Investigated various lines of research in pathology, comp, anatomy and physiology. Appointed inspector general of hospitals and surgeon general to the army, 1790. Built museum with upward of 10,000 specimens. This was purchased by the Government and presented to Royal Coll, of Surgeons. Works: Natural History of the Human Teeth, 1771; Treaties on the Venereal Diseases, 1786; Treaties on the Blood, etc., 1794. Complete Works publ. by Palmer, 1838.

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Source: Boris de Zirkoff, «H. P. Blavatsky Collected Writings», vol. 6, p. 438