MEMOIR OF JOHN HUNTER. 
The subject of the following memoir, though uni- 
■^ersally ranked among the most illustrious indivi- 
duals whose names adorn the close of the last cen- 
tury, has perhaps been chiefly known by his profi- 
•^'^ncy in anatomy and surgery. That he is fully 
entitled to the highest celebrity in both these de- 
partments, it is impossible to dispute ; but we may, 
ut the same time, confidently affirm, that, could his 
U'vn voice have been heard, he never would have 
Consented to rest his fame on any narrower basis 
an that afl'orded by his indefatigable labours, and 
‘a brilliant achievements in the wide field of natu- 
tal science. 
It is not diflBcult to account for the partial notions 
®Jen entertained respecting Mr Hunter’s scientific 
amcter. It was as an anatomist he began his 
right career; and, long before its close, he had ac- 
a popularity as a surgeon which had never 
Pasr^i equalled, and has never since been sur- 
Vol' study of anatomy and physiology, 
