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The Knife Man: The Extraordinary Life and Times of John Hunter, Father of Modern Surgery

By Wendy Moore
Narrated by: Steve West
Unabridged — 13 hours, 28 minutes
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By Wendy Moore
Narrated by: Steve West
Unabridged — 13 hours, 28 minutes
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When Robert Louis Stevenson wrote his gothic horror story of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, he based the house of the genial doctor-turned-fiend on the home of John Hunter. The choice was understandable, for Hunter was both widely acclaimed and greatly feared.

From humble origins, John Hunter rose to become the most famous anatomist and surgeon of the eighteenth century. In an age when operations were crude, extremely painful, and often fatal, he rejected medieval traditions to forge a…

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