ME:H0IR of JOHN HUNTER. 
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^ouncl none in either arm. He now thought his 
Complaint serious, and several physicians were sent 
his brother, Sir G. Baker, and many others ; but 
®one Could find a pulse. The pain still continued, 
®nd he found himself at times not breathing. Being 
^ft'aid that death would soon take place if he did not 
*'eathe, he produced voluntarily the act of breath- 
’'’gli the sensitive principle, with all its effects on the 
''machine, not being in the least affected by the com- 
P'aint. In this state he continued for three quarters 
an hour. At length the pain abated, the pulse 
■■eturned, though very weak at first, and involun- 
tary breathing was restored. In two hours be was 
Perfectly recovered, and his health was scarcely im- 
P^'ied during the next three succeeding years. 
177.S, Mr Hunter determined to become a 
Pablic lecturer on the theory and principles of sur- 
his reasons for which were usually explained 
® often as he began his course. He stated, that he 
' so frequently been compelled to hear his opi- 
®JO'>s either incorrectly quoted, or delivered as the 
scoveries of others, that he found it absolutely 
®ace^ary himself to explain them systematically, 
same time, he dwelt much on the advantages 
At the 
ever 
y naan derives from putting his thoughts in writ- 
He compared it to a tradesman taking stock, 
' out which he neither knows what he has, nor 
®t he needs. For two years he read his lectures 
to the pupils of St George’s Hospital, 
in 1775 publicly delivered them in his house 
