John Hunter
Who was John Hunter?
A renowned Scottish surgeon and anatomist
In which century did John Hunter make significant contributions to medicine?
18th century
What is John Hunter most known for?
Advancing the study of surgery and anatomy
Where was John Hunter born?
Long Calderwood, Scotland
Which famous museum is associated with John Hunter's work?
The Hunterian Museum
What part of John Hunter’s scientific work was focused on evolution?
He compared anatomy among different animal species
What was one of John Hunter’s most famous experiments?
Infecting himself with syphilis and gonorrhea to study diseases
What role did John Hunter serve for the British Army?
Surgeon to the British Army
Which of these medical advancements was influenced by John Hunter’s work?
Scientific approach to surgery and research
Which of the following fields did John Hunter revolutionize?
Anatomy and surgery
How did john Hunter supply bodies for his brothers school
Grave robbing or "burking"
what year did Hunter become a surgeon
1768
what year did hunter become a surgeon to King george III
1776
What did Hunter bring around in the 19th century
Great teaching hospitals
Who did John hunter train
Edward Jenner (Father of the vaccine)
what experiment did Hunter preform onto hiself
Testing to see if gonorrheoa and syphilis were the same venereal disease by injecting both into hiself
Hunter worked on a mans aneurysm on the knee (1785)
Hunter cut of the blood supply to the tumour and cut it off 6 weeks later the man walked out of hospital
How did hunter document and share all of his experiments
His books
what featured in hunters museum
3000 stuffed or dired animals, plants , fossils , diseased organs , embryos and other body parts and a 7"7' irish human skeleton