This five-volume collection of the writings of the distinguished surgeon and anatomist John Hunter was published between 1835 and 1837.

Presents the case notes - some 847 separate records - of John Hunter, an 18th-century physician and surgeon. They give an insight into the health of Londoners of that period. Hunter's brother, William Clift, transcribed these records in 1826, and provides additional commentary.

No books have been published on the practice of neuroscience in the eighteenth century, a time of transition and discovery in science and medicine. This volume explores neuroscience and reviews developments in anatomy, physiology, and medicine in the era some call the Age of Reason, and others the Enlightenment. Topics include how neuroscience adopted electricity as the nerve force, how disorders such as aphasia and hysteria were treated, Mesmerism, and more.