Note 368 — MISCELLANEOUS RECOLLECTIONS A SUPPLEMENTARY CHAPTER BEGUN IN 1826
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[John Hunter (1728-1793), the celebrated surgeon and anatomist. Born in Lanarkshire, he first practised cabinet-making in Glasgow, but at the age of twenty went to London, where he commenced his studies in anatomy. He took part in Keppel’s expedition to Belleisle in 1761, and was appointed Surgeon-Extraordinary to George III. in 1776.]