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Lectures on comparative anatomy, in which are explained the preparations in the Hunterian collection

London: G & W. Nicol, etc, 1814 –1828.

Home plagiarized this large work from the manuscripts of John Hunter, his late father-in-law, and, as a result, of immense importance for publication of Hunter’s researches, and for aspects of Hunter's collection on which his "museum" was based. After he corrected the page proofs Home destroyed the original manuscripts by Hunter, on which this work was based. See Qvist, John Hunter (1981). Digital facsimiles from the Hathi Trust at this link.

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Entry Number#315
Permanent Linkhttps://beta.historyofmedicine.com/id/146
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External URLlectures-on-comparative-anatomy-in-which-are-explained-the-preparations-in-the-hunterian-collection

Geographic Context

Publication place: London