MEMOIR OP JOHN HUNTER. 
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About this period he publislied his great Practical 
"treatise on Surgery ; and it may be mentioned as 
®ne of the peculiarities of his character, that he chose 
have his works printed, published, and sold in his 
own premises ; till finding that the plan was unpo- 
pular with the booksellers, ho abandoned it. 
About the same time, Hawkins had withdrawn 
from practice, and Sharp was following his example, 
and Mr Hunter was the individual who principally 
Supplied their place. He was highly esteemed by 
^**0 rising generation of medical men, who seemed 
<luote him, as the schools at one time quoted 
Aristotle. And in nearly the same estimation was 
^0 held by those who were not of the profession, 
^''ery thing that John Hunter now did, was consi- 
''ered by the public as being done in the best possible 
J^ethod. Mr Pott died in 1 788, and this again brought 
*r Hunter a vast accession of practice. “It placed 
/’ut, ’ says a contemporary, “ upon a footing equal, 
Uot superior, in point of practice to any living 
®untipetitor. I think 1 may affirm that his con- 
sultations were more in fashion than any other sur- 
^*un’s, and that his range of practice was more ex- 
tensive.” 
1789 Mr Hunter was elected Member of the 
^uyal College of Surgeons of Ireland ; and he now 
obtained the more substantial and lucrative si- 
tuations of Surgeon-General of the Army, and In- 
®Pector-General of Hospitals. These appointments 
Save him patronage as well as consideration, but 
