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of English physiology. But by whom were 

 we led on to this victory ? By whose per- 

 sonal exertions was the laurel won ? Surely 

 by Mr. Hunter. 



In the next succeeding subjects, the dis- 

 eases induced by the action of poisons on 

 the animal frame, when I consider the 

 number and importance of the facts first 

 noticed, and the inferences first drawn by 

 Mr. Hunter, together with the consequences 

 which have resulted from them, I must re- 

 gard him, even if he had done nothing else, 

 as a most important benefactor to our pro- 

 fession, and to the public. 



I shall advert to no other subjects but 

 merely add, that there is one sentiment 

 which ought, I think, to attach every 

 English surgeon to the memory of John 

 Hunter. It is that esprit de corps which 



