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MEMOIR OF JOHN HUNTER. 
tiler was a daughter of Mr Paul, a respectable citi- 
zen of Glasgow, and treasurer of the burgh. 
He was born at Long Calderwood, a small estate 
belonging to tlie family, on the ISth-Hth Febiiiary 
1728. Sir E. Home states his birth, by mistake, 
on the 14th But the parish-register bears the 
13tb February, and on the 14th of that month, the 
Royal College of Surgeons of London celebrates the 
anniversary of the birth of this distinguished indivi- 
dual. 
John was the youngest of ten children, five of 
whom died in infancy. James, the eldest of the 
brothers who attained to manhood, was born in 1715. 
After prosecuting the legal profession in Edinburgh 
for some time, he, in the year 1742, visited his bro- 
ther William, then a teacher of anatomy in London ; 
and so much was he captivated by this pursuit, that 
he resolved to abandon his profession, and devote 
himself to medicine. His success promised to rival 
that of either of his brothers ; but his health unfor- 
tunately gave way, and he died of a pulmonary com- 
plaint in the 28th year of his age. 
The next brother, William, born in 1718, early 
rose to unrivalled distinction as a teacher of anato- 
my in London, attained a professional reputation 
which could not be exceeded, and a celebrity second 
only to that of his brother John. By unwearied 
industry, and at vast expense, he formed the mu- 
seum which immoi'talizes his name, and which, by 
his liberality, now enriches the University of Glas- 
