Annals of medical history . f the day inthe same it was hisspecialty whichmade him take theparticular interestwhich he did in theinvestigation of thegravid uterus. In thisfield of work headded greatly toknowledge and thisis usually regarded ashis best anatomicalcontribution. What-ever opinion we holdas to the position ofWilliam Hunterhimself, there is noquestion of the menwho studied under him. He was a manmidwife in a sense other than that inwhich the term was usually employed. Hebrought great men into the intellectualworld of medicine. John Hunter, born in 1728, and ten yearsyo
Annals of medical history . f the day inthe same it was hisspecialty whichmade him take theparticular interestwhich he did in theinvestigation of thegravid uterus. In thisfield of work headded greatly toknowledge and thisis usually regarded ashis best anatomicalcontribution. What-ever opinion we holdas to the position ofWilliam Hunterhimself, there is noquestion of the menwho studied under him. He was a manmidwife in a sense other than that inwhich the term was usually employed. Hebrought great men into the intellectualworld of medicine. John Hunter, born in 1728, and ten yearsyounger than his brother, had a very differ-ent life in youth. He took no interest in theacquirement of knowledge, neglected schooland did not acquire a satisfactory educa-tion. All attempts to induce him to becomeinterested in books were useless. Through-out his life he jeered at book learning andgloried in the fact that he had kept free of cannot help feeling that sometimesunder this lay a deep regret for his lack of. education. There may have been otherreasons, however, for his rather bitingcomments on book learning, because manyof the profession of that day knew little elseand were more concerned with what hadbeen written about disease than what theycould observe themselves. John Hunters lack of general educationundoubtedly affected his literary output,but in no way influenced his powers ofobservation and in-vestigation. For himinvestigation and thecollection of factswere all important;teaching apparentlydid not especiallyappeal to him, atany rate in the formof lecturing, and anearly invitation fromhis brother Williamto give lectures onanatomy was de-clined. In later yearshis lectures on sur-gery were a trial tohim and he appar-ently never becamefluent in delivery. He came to Lon-don in 1748 at theinvitation of hisbrother and at first was associated with himin his anatomical work. This opened up newinterests for him, and for the rest of his lifehe was constantly engage
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