HUNTER, WILLIAM

(1718-83), Scot. physician and anatomist; elder 6b. of John Hunter (q@.v.); ed. at Glasgow | Univ., went to London, and commenced to iecture on operative surgery, 1746; afterwards including a course on an at., in addition to practising as a surgeon. He gave up surgery for obstetrics, being app. surgeon-accoucheur at Middle sex Hospital, 1784, and at Brit. Lying-in Hospital, 1749.