70 MEMOIR OF JOHN HUNTER. 



more : I need not remind you of . Yci 



all know the loss anatomy has lately sustained." 

 He was obliged to pause, and turn his face from his 

 hearers. At length recovering himself, he stated 

 that Mr Cruickshank would occupy the place of Dr 

 Hunter. This, and a few words more, were not 

 spoken without great emotion, nor with dry eyes. 

 The scene was so truly pathetic, that a general sym- 

 pathy pervaded the whole class ; and every one, 

 though all had been preparing to leave the place, 

 stood or sat motionless for several minutes. 



The period of Mr Hunter's removal to his sump- 

 tuous premises in Leicester Square, with a few suc- 

 ceeding years, may be regarded as the brightest era 

 of his life. He was then at the height of his sur- 

 gical career. His mind and body were both in full 

 vigour. His hands were capable of performing 

 whatever was suggested by his mind, and his judg- 

 ment was matured by a most ample experience. 

 At this time he performed many successful opera- 

 tions, and his improvements in the art of surgery 

 were numerous and splendid. (Witness his treat- 

 ment of Aneurism, Hydrocele, &c.) He was en- 

 gaged in very extensive practice ; was Surgeon to 

 St George's Hospital ; delivered a long course of 

 lectures during the winter ; kept up a School o 

 Practical Anatomy, while he was all along forward- 

 ing his discoveries in Comparative Anatomy and 

 Natural History, and accumulating in his museum 

 many splendid proofs of his indefatigable zeaL 



