Strange case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde - And John Hunter

摘要

John Hunter is a legendary figure in the history of medicine. This 18th-century Scotsman who lived and worked in London was an innovative surgeon, a pioneering human and comparative anatomist who, late in life, anticipated Charles Darwin's theory of evolution, and a groundbreaking medical educator. (Darwin was a regular visitor to Hunter's museum following his return from the voyage of H. M. S. Beagle.) Hunter challenged Galenic precepts and was an early proponent of direct observation and evidence-based medicine. Hunter also was the model used by Robert Louis Stevenson, another Scotsman who knew London well, for Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. How did this come about?