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THE


HUNTERIAN ORATION


For 1850.




By FREDERIC C. SKEY, F.R.S.,

MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL OF THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS; PROFESSOR OF DESCRIPTIVE ANATOMY

IN THE MEDICAL COLLEGE OF ST. BARTHOLOMEW'S HOSPITAL; FORMERLY LECTURER ON THE

PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF SURGERY AT THE ALDERSGATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE;

CONSULTING SURGEON TO THE CHARTER HOUSE, MODEL PRISON, THE HOSPITAL

FOR WOMEN, AND TO VARIOUS DISPENSARIES; LATE VICE-PRESIDENT

OF THE MEDICO-CHIRURGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON; ASSISTANT-

SURGEON OF 8T, BARTHOLOMEW’S HOSPITAL &c. &c. &c.




LONDON :

JOHN CHURCHILL, PRINCES STREET, SOHO.

1850.