William Hunter (1718–1783) was a Scottish anatomist and physician. He started his career as a man midwife and went on to become the leading obstetrician in London. He prepared anatomically dissected specimens depicting anatomy of gravid uterus and undelivered fetus with placenta in diferent stages of gestation. Hunter compiled illustrations prepared from these specimens with his clinical notes and published his treatise Anatomia uteri humani gravidi in 1774. This article is a tribute to William Hunter as we approach the 250th year of publication of his work which is a signifcant milestone in the history of obstetrics and its practice.
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