The Hunterian oration for the year 1907 : being the sixty-third Hunterian oration since its foundation, delivered in the theatre of the Royal College of Surgeons / by Henry T. Butlin on the objects of Hunter's life and the manner in which he accomplished them.

  • Butlin, Henry T. (Henry Trentham), 1845-1912.
Date:
1907
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Credit: The Hunterian oration for the year 1907 : being the sixty-third Hunterian oration since its foundation, delivered in the theatre of the Royal College of Surgeons / by Henry T. Butlin on the objects of Hunter's life and the manner in which he accomplished them. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    exhibit the effects of inflammation of the peritoneal covering and of the various coats of the intestines; they show tubercle, hydatids, ulcers, and the effects of accident. Some of them form the material for papers and theses; and there were many pages of manuscript notes upon them. The notes afford a wonderful insight into the incessantly inquiring nature of Mr. Hunter’s mind. They abound in “ queries.” Thus, of this specimen (No. 2336) he observes that the coagulable lymph which glues the intestines together is extremely vascular and there immediately occurs the question, “ How are these vessels formed? Are they elongations of the ex¬ haling vessels forming arteries ? ” Again, of speci¬ men 2434, which was taken from the body of an officer who died from a bullet-wound received in a duel in the ring in Hyde Park, there is a long account of the symptoms which followed on the injury, and of the manner of the patient’s death, with a full description of the appearances at the examination. Mr. Hunter adds : “ This case admits of several observations and queries. First, the lowness and gradual sinking with the vomiting without blood bespoke wounded intestines, and those pretty high up. It shows how ready Nature is to secure all unnatural passages, according to the necessity. Query, what could be the cause of his having no stool, even from a clyster? Were the intestines inclinable to be quiet under such circumstances ? Would he not have lived if