IMIUST now obey the other direction in the trust deced, and en- deavour to express something as to the "merits, in comparative anatomy, physiology and surgery," of John Hunter.The direction seems a happy one, for Hunter based his surgery upon physiology, and his physiology upon comparative anatomy.What can more strikingly illustrate this than his greatest improvement in practical surgery?-the abolition of amputation for popliteal aneurysm, and the practice of tying the artery in a sound part at a distance from the seat of disease.
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T. S. Wells (1883) studied this question.