John Hunter's collection, acquired by the Royal College of Surgeons around 1800, contained over 14,000 specimens and dissections.
Sources
- History Day 2022: Dissection and the resurrectionists in the archives of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (rcseng.ac.uk)
- https://hunterianmuseum.org/about/history (hunterianmuseum.org)
- https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/medical-history/article/hunterian-museum-at-the-royal-college-of-surgeons-london-england/422FEAF7DA7A6D8034B37BE0A1D35B14 (cambridge.org)
- https://hunterianmuseum.org/collections/explore-the-collections/hunterian-collection (hunterianmuseum.org)
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