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.