John Hunter : his life and labors / by C.W.G. Rohrer.
- Rohrer, C. W. G. (Caleb Wyand Geeting), 1873-1952
- Date:
- [1914]
Licence: In copyright
Credit: John Hunter : his life and labors / by C.W.G. Rohrer. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.
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![[From The Johns Hopkins Hospital Bulletin, Yol. XXV, No. 275, January, 1914.] JOHN HUNTER: HIS LIFE AND LABORS.1 By C. W. G. Rohrer, M. D., Baltimore, Md. For several years I have been pleasantly engaged in col- [10] lecting the works of John Hunter, the founder of scientific surgery. I now have them complete; and for this reason I venture to bring before you a brief review of the life and labors of one with whose career you already are reasonably familiar. Birth and Parentage. John Hunter was born at Long Calderwood, Scotland, on the 13th of February, 1728. Long Calderwood is a small estate still belonging to his descendants, improved by a good stone house two stories high, situated about eight miles from Glasgow, in the parish of East Kilbride, county of Lanark. Here, in the second story room above the kitchen, John Hunter was born. There is some doubt concerning the exact date of his birth, but the one given above accords with that of the parish register.2 Strange to relate, Everard Home, in his “ Life of Hun- ter,” prefixed to the first edition of the “ Treatise on Blood, Inflammation, and Gunshot Wounds,” gives the 14th of July 1 Paper read at the meeting of the Johns Hopkins Hospital Historical Club, January 13, 1913. 2 The following letter from the registrar for the parish of East Kilbride to Dr. James Watson, the president of the Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, together with the accom- panying register, are added as authority for any future biogra- pher of John Hunter, and will doubtless be read with interest: — East Kilbride, 29 March, 1859. Sm:—I HAVE searched the records of Births and Baptisms for this parish and have found the name of John Hunter, and send you the Extract. You will observe that the Christian name](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b22460287_0005.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
