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John Hunter (1728-1793), surgeon and anatomist. Oil painting after Sir Joshua Reynolds.

Earls Court House, John Hunter's residence. Coloured wood engraving.

Hunterian Museum, Glasgow. Line engraving by A. Fox, 1830, after T.H. Shepherd.

Pieter Camper correcting John Hunter's paper on the hawk. Watercolour attributed to J. Foot, 1822.

John Hunter's residence: ground plan of Hunter's premises at No. 28 Leicester Square in 1792, as drawn in 1832. Photograph by Grove Son and Boulton.

John Hunter. Stipple engraving by W. Holl after Sir J. Reynolds, 1786.

The life of John Hunter / By Jessé Foot.

John Hunter. Mezzotint by W. O. Geller, 1836, after Sir J. Reynolds, 1786.

John Hunter. Line engraving by W. H. Lizars, 1840, after Sir J. Reynolds, 1786.

John Hunter. Stipple engraving by A. Tardieu after Sir J. Reynolds, 1786.

John Hunter, 1728-1793 : exhibition in the foyer of St. George's Hospital Medical School from 11th-31st October 1993 / compiled by Susan Gove and Christine Patel.

The Hunterian oration for the year 1907 : being the sixty-third Hunterian oration since its foundation : delivered in the theatre of the Royal College of Surgeons :  On the objects of Hunter's life and the manner in which he accomplished them / by Henry T. Butlin.

The Hunterian Oration : delivered at the Royal College of Surgeons of England on February 14th, 1927 / by Sir Berkeley Moynihan in the presence of H.R.H. Princess Mary, Viscountess Lascelles.

John Hunter. Stipple engraving by C. Josi, 1793, after W. Sharp after Sir J. Reynolds.

A treatise on the blood, inflammation, and gun-shot wounds / By the late John Hunter. To which is prefixed a short account of the author's life by his brother-in-law, Everard Home.

The eye, the tear duct, and the nose: nine figures. Line engraving by A. Bell after G.B. Morgagni, A. Monro and J. (?) Hunter, 1798.

Observations on certain parts of the animal oeconomy / By John Hunter.

The works of John Hunter ... with notes / Edited by James F. Palmer. [With life and bibliography of Hunter by D. Ottley].

A treatise on the venereal disease / By John Hunter.

Dissertations relative to the natural history of animals and vegetables / Translated from the Italian of the Abbé Spallanzani.

The natural history of the human teeth: explaining their structure, use, formation, growth, and diseases / [John Hunter].

An account of a particular change of structure in the human ovarium / By Matthew Baillie ; communicated by John Hunter.

Lettera apologetica in riposta alle osservazioni sulla digestione del Sig. Giovanni Hunter / del. Sig. Abbate Spallanzani, r. professore di storia naturale, e presidente del Museo nella R.I. Universita di Pavia.

A new and easy method of curing the lues venerea, by the introduction of mercury into the system through the orifices of the absorbent vessels on the inside of the mouth. With the remarks of Dr. Hunter and Mr. Cruikshank in favor of this practice. Also an essay on abscesses and other observations in surgery / [Peter Clare].

A treatise on the venereal disease / by John Hunter.

Directions for preserving animals and parts of animals for examination / [by John Hunter].

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John Hunter

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Works from the collections

An account of a particular change of structure in the human ovarium / By Matthew Baillie ; communicated by John Hunter.

Lettera apologetica in riposta alle osservazioni sulla digestione del Sig. Giovanni Hunter / del. Sig. Abbate Spallanzani, r. professore di storia naturale, e presidente del Museo nella R.I. Universita di Pavia.

A treatise on the venereal disease / by John Hunter.

Directions for preserving animals and parts of animals for examination / [by John Hunter].

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John Hunter

Images from the collections

Images by John Hunter

Images featuring John Hunter

Works from the collections

An account of a particular change of structure in the human ovarium / By Matthew Baillie ; communicated by John Hunter.

Lettera apologetica in riposta alle osservazioni sulla digestione del Sig. Giovanni Hunter / del. Sig. Abbate Spallanzani, r. professore di storia naturale, e presidente del Museo nella R.I. Universita di Pavia.

A treatise on the venereal disease / by John Hunter.

Directions for preserving animals and parts of animals for examination / [by John Hunter].

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