Hunterian Lectures

Hunterian Lectures on Hernia

Four Hunterian Lectures and Bristol–1990

In 1990 Bristol had the signal honour and distinction of being associated with four Hunterian Professors and their lectures. Mr Clarke was a graduate of Bristol University and carried out his research work in the University of Bristol. Mr Miller and Mr Scott carried out their research in Bristol and are currently Senior Registrars on the South West rotation. Mr Nicholson carried out his researc...

Owen's Hunterian Lectures on Comparative Anatomy and Physiology,

In recent years, historians of biology have drawn attention to the fact that during the period 1830-59-the three decades before the publication of Darwin's Origin of species-a major change took place in biological thought in England. Teleological explanations of the Cuvierian and Paleyan kind were amended, if not entirely supplanted, by a mixture of idealist and transcendentalist philosophies. ...

Hunterian Lectures on Tension, Inflammation of Bone, and on Cranial and Intra-Cranial Injuries

Richard Owen's Hunterian lectures on comparative anatomy and physiology, 1837-55.

In recent years, historians of biology have drawn attention to the fact that during the period 1830-59-the three decades before the publication of Darwin's Origin of species-a major change took place in biological thought in England. Teleological explanations of the Cuvierian and Paleyan kind were amended, if not entirely supplanted, by a mixture of idealist and transcendentalist philosophies. ...