Hunterian

The greatest debtor connected with science was John Hunter, who expended all his available means -- and they were wholly earned by himself -- in accumulating the splendid collection now known as the Hunterian Museum.

Thrift Samuel Smiles 1858

The operation has ever since been called the "Hunterian" operation for aneurism, but there is reason to believe that Dominique Anel (born about 1679) performed a somewhat similar operation several years earlier.

A History of Science: in Five Volumes. Volume IV: Modern Development of the Chemical and Biological Sciences 1904

Hunterian Museum in London, where John Hunter's human and animal body parts are exhibited, mentioned that the countess had a fascinating story of her own.

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Now, almost 230 years after his death, Charles Byrne is still a "freak" displayed in a glass case at the Hunterian Museum at the Royal College of Surgeons for gapers and others to be photographed alongside, much as they did in 1782.

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The finger in question is among thousands of anatomical human and animal specimens housed at the Royal College of Surgeons' Hunterian Museum since the 1950s, according to the BBC News.

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The Hunterian Museum in London displays the rectum of Thomas Thurlow, an unfortunate bishop who died of a tumour in 1791

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Her truly bizarre, creepy, but no less fascinating series of photos includes depictions of 18th century wax models from Italy, 19th century anatomical preparations from the Netherlands, original specimens from the Hunterian Museum in London, and pathological models from the Mütter Museum in Pennsylvania.

Tanja M. Laden: Morbid Anatomy: Anatomical Theater and the Secret Museum (PHOTOS) Tanja M. Laden 2012

In the last decade some museums, such as the Hunterian Museum in Glasgow, have returned human remains, including Maori heads to New Zealand.

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Her truly bizarre, creepy, but no less fascinating series of photos includes depictions of 18th century wax models from Italy, 19th century anatomical preparations from the Netherlands, original specimens from the Hunterian Museum in London, and pathological models from the Mütter Museum in Pennsylvania.

Tanja M. Laden: Morbid Anatomy: Anatomical Theater and the Secret Museum (PHOTOS) Tanja M. Laden 2012

Jane Hughes, of the Hunterian Museum at the Royal College of Surgeons in London, noted that Churchill was already known for his distinctive speech, especially the trouble he had with the letter S. "These," she said, "are the teeth that saved the world."

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