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deputation. His Tj-eatise on the Operations of 

 Surgery, and his Critical Inquiry, were deservedly 

 considered as performances of great value at that 

 period. The elder Monro, of the University of 

 Edinburgh, deserves also to be mentioned among 

 those who did much to improve the practice of 

 surgery about that time. Towards the middle of 

 the century Dr. William FIunter, of London, 

 began to acquire great celebrity as an anatomist 

 and surgeon, and was joined not long afterwards 

 by his brother, Mr. John Hunter, who, as an 

 operator, was still more distinguished. To the ex- 

 ertions of these eminent men the art is indebted 

 for many valuable improvements, both in theory 

 and practice. After the middle of the century 

 Mr. Percivall Pott began to take a high station 

 among British surgeons, added greatly to the pro- 

 gress of the art, and published many excellent 

 writings, which are still in the highest esteem. 

 The present Professor Monro, of Edinburgh, has 

 enriched surgery by many important additions to 

 the preceding stock of knowledge, which greatly 

 increase the lustre of his reputation. Late in the 

 century, about the year 1788, Mr. Benjamin 

 Bell, of Edinburgh, completed his System of 

 Surgery, which was compiled with much learning 

 and diligence, and exhibited an advantageous 

 view of the progress and improvements in surgery 

 up to that period. 



The particular improvements in surgery during 

 the late century are extremely important, and re- 

 flect great credit on the ingenuity and labours of 

 those by whom they were made; but they are 

 likewise so numerous that only a few of them can 

 be mentioned consistently with the necessary bre- 

 vity of this retrospect. 



The miCans of putting a stop to Hccmorrhagies, 

 fi'om the division of the larger blood-vessels, have 



