Published 18 September 2009, doi:10.1136/bmj.b3840
Cite this as: BMJ 2009;339:b3840

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Exhibition pays tribute to St George’s heritage

Wendy Moore

1 London

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Artefacts belonging to medical pioneers John Hunter and Edward Jenner can be seen in a new permanent exhibition at St George’s medical school, Tooting, London.

They include the couch on which Hunter is believed to have died of a heart attack during an argument over the admission of two medical students to St George’s in 1793, as well as the surgeon’s shaving mirror, spectacles, and medical books. The hide of the cow, called Blossom, used by Jenner to develop his smallpox vaccine in 1796, is also part of the display in the hospital’s foyer.

John Hunter, who is regarded as the founder of scientific surgery, enrolled as a student at St George’s in 1754 and was elected a full time surgeon in 1768. He carried out his famous popliteal aneurysm operation at St George’s, then at Hyde Park Corner, in 1785. But he was embroiled in constant rows with fellow . . . [Full text of this article]


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