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A History of Vascular Surgery - part 3

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Đối với nghiên cứu khoa học suốt đời trung thành của bạn sẽ tìm thấy không có ví dụ tốt hơn so với John Hunter, không bao giờ hài lòng cho đến khi ông có màng ngoài tim của thiên nhiên mở và nhói tim cô khỏa thân trong tay. (Oliver Wendell Holmes) | CHAPTER 4 John Hunter For faithful life-long study of science you will find no better example than John Hunter never satisfied until he had the pericardium of Nature open and her heart throbbing naked in his hand. Oliver Wendell Holmes John Hunter was born in 1728 and was 10 years William s junior. During his childhood John received little formal education. He disliked books and was slow to read. From an early age however he evidenced an interest in observing nature I watch the ants bees birds tadpoles and caddis worms I pestered people with questions about what nobody knew or cared anything about. At the age of 20 Hunter was still without direction and wrote to his older brother. William invited John to join him in London. From 1748 to 1751 the younger Hunter spent most of his time in his brother s Covent Garden Anatomy School. Under William s guidance and that of the famous lithotomist William Cheselden John became a proficient anatomist and teacher. Following the abolition of laws forbidding the practice of private dissection the Covent Garden Anatomy School became an important center for the study of anatomy Figure 4.1 . In 1751 John Hunter studied with Percival Pott of St Bartholomew s Hospital. In 1753 John Hunter was elected Master of Anatomy at Surgeons Hall and his interest spread to comparative anatomy he acquired different animals from many sources available for dissection. From 1754 to 1756 Hunter was housesurgeon at St George s Hospital where he made some of his greatest contributions to surgery. These included descriptions of lymphatic vessels and placental circulation. In 1760 John Hunter joined the British Army under King Frederick and fought in Portugal during the Seven Years War. This experience laid the groundwork for his later description of the treatment of gunshot wounds. In 1794 one of his most famous works would be published ATreatise on Blood Inflammation and Gun-Shot Wounds. John Hunter returned to London in 1763 and commenced work on a .