John Hunter : the address to the Committee for the Erection of a Statue of Hunter / by the President of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.

Date:
1859
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Credit: John Hunter : the address to the Committee for the Erection of a Statue of Hunter / by the President of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    JOHN HUNTER. Gentlemen, In the name of tlie Council of this Col- lege, I beg to thank the other members of the Committee for their attendance at this meeting in honour of the memory of the most distin- guished member of our Corporation. In the solemn ceremony which took place yesterday in Westminster - Abbey, under the auspices of the Dean and Chapter, we had an opportunity of reading the inscription, which reminded us that John Hunter died in the year 1793 : but, after the lapse of more than sixty years, we have to lament that no public me- morial exists to record our grateful acknow- ledgment of the eminent merits of this illus- trious physiologist and surgeon. We are, indeed, perpetually reminded of his