Hunterian Museum

 

                                                                         John Hunter 

                                                    Father Of Modern Scientific Surgery

 

 

 

Hunterian Museum 

 

 Museum For Anatomy 

 

 

 

 

• 2005–2012: Long-term closure for reconstruction of the Royal College of Surgeons building.

• 2020–2023: Complete modernization, reopening in March 2023.

Current features:

• Specimens presented with ethical, historical context

• A focus on comparative anatomy, surgical history, pathology

• Displays such as:

  • John Hunter’s dissecting tools

  • Frozen and dried anatomical preparations

  • Pathological bone disease specimens

  • Specimens related to early plastic surgery, orthopedics, trauma, and oncology

     
     

    
    

    
     
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