John Hunter

Question 1

Who was Hunter surgeon to?

Answer 1

King George 11 and the army

Question 2

How many anatomical specimens did he collect?

Answer 2

3000

Question 3

What is he known as?

Answer 3

The Knife Man

Father of the scientific approach to surgery

Question 4

How many cadavers did he dissect?

Answer 4

2000 in 12 years

Question 5

What happened to his body?

Answer 5

Dissected by his own students

Question 6

What did he teach his students the importance of?

Answer 6

Observation and experimentation

Question 7

How did he save amputations?

Answer 7

Discovered a new way to treat aneurysms by tying a blood vessel to encourage blood to flow elsewhere

Question 8

What did he pump into blood to study circulation?

Answer 8

Wax

Question 9

When did he inject himself with gonorrhoea?

Answer 9

1767

Question 10

Why did he inject himself with gonorrhoea?

Answer 10

To see if he was immune to syphilis- he wasn’t

Question 11

What was the main way diseases were spread?

Answer 11

Sex

Question 12

What book did he write?

Answer 12

Blood Inflammation and Gunshot Wounds

Question 13

When was Blood Inflammation and Bullet Wounds published?

Answer 13

1774