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. His wife, Anne Hunter (née Home), was a poet, some of whose poems were set to music by Joseph Haydn.

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"Some Physiologists will have it that the Stomach is a Mill;—others, that it is a fermenting Vat;—others, again, that it is a Stew-pan;—but in my view of the matter, it is neither a Mill, a fermenting Vat, nor a Stew-pan—but a STOMACH, gentlemen, a STOMACH."

John Hunter (surgeon)

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