John Hunter: Founder of Scientific Surgery, from "The History of Medicine" / Robert Thom

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Accession Number
UMHS.20
Title
John Hunter: Founder of Scientific Surgery, from "The History of Medicine"
Artist
Robert Thom
Artist Nationality
American
Artist Life Dates
1915-1979
Medium and Support
oil on canvas
Object Creation Date
circa 1952
Object Creation Place
North and Central America (continent)
United States (nation)
Michigan (state)
Creation Place 2
United States (nation)
Creation Place 3
Michigan (state)
Dimensions
104.78 cm x 86.36 cm (41 1/4 in. x 34 in.)
Century
20th century
Primary Object Classification
Painting
Physical Description
From an untutored Scottish country boy, John Hunter (1728-1793) rose to become eighteenth-century London's foremost surgeon and medical scientist. Combining natural talent, insatiable curiosity, and keen observation, he was one of the greatest comparative anatomists of all time. The skeletons of the now-extinct Great Auk and of the Irish Giant are two of 13,682 specimens which comprised his famous collections, war-spared remnants of which still are on exhibit in London's Royal College of Surgeons. Posthumously, Dr. Hunter was honored as "The Founder of Scientific Surgery."
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UMHS.20
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"John Hunter: Founder of Scientific Surgery, from "The History of Medicine"; Robert Thom." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-umhs.20/umhs.20.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 29, 2024.
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