hunterian society hunterian society the hunterian society, founded in 1819 in honour of the scottish surgeon john hunter (1728–1793), is a society of physicians and dentists based in london. john hunter established by dr william cooke, a general practitioner, and thomas armiger, a surgeon, who both practiced in the city of london and the east end of london, the society has devoted its activities for nearly two hundred years towards the pursuit of medical knowledge and learning. meetings are always held over dinner, which precedes the subject for debate. between 1815 and 1828, sir william blizard (1743–1835), who was a former pupil of john hunter, praised hunter at the royal college of surgeons of england in three hunterian orations, and it is believed to be due to his influence that the new society adopted the name 'hunterian', rather than 'the london medical and physical society', which was the name first proposed for it. blizard became the society's first president and had the aim of keeping it within the hunterian tradition. in an oration of 1826, he said: "may the honoured name of hunter ever have a magic influence on the minds of its members". the society promotes an annual oration and awards an annual medal. hunterian society oration according to the rules of the society: "the annual oration, to be called the hunterian society oration, shall be delivered by the orator for the current session, at a meeting of the society. the primary purpose of the oration is to commemorate the life and work of john hunter, as also of his brother william hunter, and to set forth the influence of the hunterian example and tradition in the development of the science and art of medicine. this tradition includes exact observation, experiment, and the application of anatomical and physiological science, human and comparative, to practical medicine. it is not intended to exclude from the scope of the annual oration topics bearing upon the history of medicine, and upon the relation of medicine to other sciences and to human life in its widest sense, as well as other topics which cannot suitably be made the subject of an ordinary medical communication".. not to be confused with the hunterian oration at the royal college of surgeons of england. orators source of names 1826–1907 : hunterian society 2021: mungo campbell 2020: no oration due to covid-19 pandemic 2019: prof david cooper 2018: w.j. coker 2017: no oration 2016: prof nigel heaton 2015: prof martin birchall 2014: prof martin mailey 2013: andrew leather 2012: timothy martin cox 2010: michael crumplin, john hunter and medical aspects of the peninsular war 2009: sir bruce keogh 2008: richard ramsden 2007: john greenspan 2006: prof steven challacombe 2005: barry m. jones, facial aesthetic surgery: the use of scientific principles to optimise outcome and limit risk. 2004: w. randolph chitwood, robotic cardiac surgery - in john hunter's shadow 2003: prof clement sledge 2002: william shand 2000: prof gedree sheldon 1999: paul michael aichroth 1998: robert maurice-williams 1997: prof anthony william goode 1996: barbara ansell cbe 1995: prof lewis wolpert 1994: brian owen-smith, hunter, hedgehogs and hibernation 1993: dame josephine barnes 1992: harvey white 1991: john kirkup, john hunter's surgical instruments and surgical procedures 1990: barry jackson 1989: raymond m. kirk 1988: prof christopher wastell, john hunter - a man of his time 1987: basil helal 1986: elliot philipp 1985: douglas woolf 1984: a. kingsley-brown mbe 1983: d. geraint james 1982: miss jessie dobson 1981: david hughes 1980: a. phillips 1979: f.j. hebbert 1978: kenneth owens 1977: reginald s. murley 1976: henry s. pasmore, john hunter in kensington 1975: sir gordon wolstenholme obe 1974: david morris 1973: sir thomas holmes sellors prcs 1972: george qvist 1971: edward f. stewart 1970: oliver garrod mbe 1969: sir henry osmond-clark cbe 1968: alistair l. gunn 1967: sir eric riches 1966: lt-gen sir robert drew cbe 1965: francis e. camps 1964: sir clement clapton chesterman obe 1963: alexander ernest roche 1962 a. lawrence abel 1961: sir cecil wakeley kbe 1960: c. robert rudolf 1959: sir arthur porritt, john hunter's women 1958 mcdonald critchley 1957 alec w. badenoch 1956: sir henry cohen 1955: lionel e.c. norbury 1954: sir gordon gordon-taylor 1953: a. dickson wright 1952: george day, p.p.s. : pneuma, psyche, and soma 1951: william e. tanner 1950: sir daniel t. davies, john hunter, the man and his message 1949: sir heneage ogilvie kbe 1948: william sydney charles copeman obe 1947: v. zachary cope 1940–46: no oration 1939: cedric lane-roberts, a plea for the woman in gynaecology and obstetrics 1937: lord horder, hunter, the great researcher 1936: sir g. lenthal cheatle, john hunter's time and our own time 1935: prof john eyre, undulant fever; a retrospect 1934: basil t. parsons-smith, cardiac failure in the 18th century and its modern conception 1933: sir thomas crisp english kcmg 1932: j.b. christopherson 1931: a.e. mortimer woolf 1930: j. campbell mclure, psychology and the practice of medicine 1929: a.w. sheen cbe 1928: howard atwood kelly 200th anniversary of birth of john hunter. 1928: anthony feiling, sciatica: its varieties and treatments 1927: girling ball, the value of modern methods of investigation in the diagnosis and treatment of haematuria 1926: george newman, the private practitioner as pioneer in preventive medicine 1925: h. letheby tidy, on the haemorrhagic diathesis: angio-staxis 1924: sir sydney r. wells 1923: herbert william carson, the evolution of the modern treatment of septic peritonitis 1922: theodore thompson, upon alimentary toxaemia in nervous disorders 1921: sir arbuthnot lane kcmg 1920: leonard hill frs, on blood vessels and pressure 1919: hugh lett cbe 1918: oliver k. williamson, on the symptoms which precede and are associated with general arterio-sclerosis 1917: w. langdon brown, on the hunterian tradition in cardiac research 1916: a.s. currie 1915: henry russell andrews, william hunter and his work in midwifery 1914: arnold chaplin 1913: edward w goodall, on serum sickness 1912: thomas oliver lyon, the care of consumptives. a review and a forecast. 1911: james h. sequeira, on the progress of dermatology since hunter's time 1910: r. fortescue fox, on some principals in the treatment of chronic disease 1909: william rawes 1908: william james mcculloch ettles 1907: lauriston elgie shaw 1906: alfred herbert tubby, recent surgical methods in the treatment of certain types of paralysis 1905: francis rowland humphreys, excretion, more especially in regard to vicarious excretion in bright's disease 1904: john francis woods, on the psychic side of therapeutics 1903: thomas horrocks openshaw 1902: arthur templar davies, on organo-therapy 1901: john poland, a retrospect of surgery during the past century 1900: frederick john smith, on then and now ; or, the influence of modern surgery upon medical practice 1899: sir hugh reeve beevor, 5th baronet, on the declension of phthisis (pulmonary tuberculosis) 1898: peter horrocks 1897: richard kingston fox, william hunter, anatomist, physician, obstetrician 1896: george newton pitt, reflections on john hunter as a physician and on his relation to the medical societies of the last century 1895: sir patrick manson frs 1894: james dundas grant 1893: john sell edmund cotton 1892: charters james symonds 1891: fletcher beach, psychological medicine in john hunter's time and the progress it has since made 1890: sir stephen mackenzie 1889: george ernest herman 1888: richard clement lucas, on the life-work of john hunter and his influence on surgery 1887: alfred lewis galabin, the etiology of puerperal fever 1886: sir andrew clark, 1st baronet frs 1885: james edward adams 1884: francis charlewood turner 1883: edward gillette gilbert 1882: robert fowler, the attributes, professional and social, of the so-called "family doctor" 1881: alfred henry smee 1880: philip henry pye-smith frs 1879: walter rivington 1878: peter lodwick burchell, a brief sketch of the ancient history of medicine 1877: walter moxon 1876: henry gawen sutton 1875: henry gervis 1874: john couper 1873: arthur edward durham 1872: john hughlings jackson frs, the physiological aspects of education 1871: thomas boor crosby, modern medicine: has it kept pace in advancement with the times? 1870: thomas bryant on drugs and their uses 1869: henry isaac fotherby 1868: john braxton hicks frs 1867: william sedgwick saunders 1866: dennis de berdt hovell 1865: jonathan hutchinson frs, the advance of physic 1864: john jackson 1863: robert barnes 1862: thomas bevill peacock 1861: sir william withey gull frs 1860: stephen henry ward 1859: alfred smee frs 1858: william munk 1857: henry oldham 1856: thomas calloway, jnr 1855: joseph ridge 1854: george owen rees frs 1853: thomas mee daldy 1852: william james little 1851: john charles weaver lever 1850: george critchett 1849: sir james risdon bennett 1848: thomas blizard curling frs 1847: george hilaro barlow 1846: john adams 1845: john thomson 1844: john hilton 1843: francis henry ramsbotham 1842: samuel solly frs 1841: samuel ashwell 1840: thomas bell frs 1839: william cooke, minds and the emotions considered in relation to health 1838: william coulson 1837: benjamin guy babington frs 1836: bransby blake cooper frs 1832: archibald billing frs 1831: charles aston key 1830: john tricker conquest 1829: benjamin travers frs 1828: benjamin robinson 1827: william babington 1826: sir william blizard frs (inaugural oration) hunterian society awards the awards of the society are the hunterian medal, the hunterian scholarship(s) and the hunterian prize and are awarded as the discretion of the council. the hunterian medal shall be awarded at the discretion of council from time to time to an individual who is judged to have made an outstanding contribution to the science and practice of medicine. the hunterian scholarship: to assist with the fees and examination for the history of medicine course of the worshipful society of apothecaries of london, shall be awarded at the discretion of council from time to time to a fully registered, non-consultant grade doctor, dentist, medical scientist, medical student or dental student on the basis of the submission of a dissertation with some relevance to john or william hunter or medicine in the 18th century. the hunterian prize: the society awards an annual prize of £500, to a student or practitioner of non-consultant grade in medicine or dentistry or a medical scientist, on the basis of an essay which may be modern but should have a hunterian flavour. the shortlisted essays will be given as presentations to a meeting of the society at lettsom house. hunterian prize winners: 2012 - ian alberts 2013 - hutan ashrafian 2014 - emma stapleton 2015 - charlotte whittingham, aimee rowe, rajiv dave (joint winners) 2016 - (no award made) 2017 - mark mckelvie 2018 - jake suett 2019 - mae-sing lim-cooke, nadine mccauley (joint winners) 2020 - tamari nyakunengwa 'john hunter's unsung contribution to obstetric medicine'. runners-up: paul williams, anthony yip, sen tan presidents source for 1819-1906: hunterian society 2019-21 prof susan standring 2018-19 prof stephen challacombe 2017-18 john skipper 2015-17 nigel thomas 2013-15 sue weir 2012-13 prof prokar dasgupta 2011-12 ian stephen 2009-11 nicholas cambridge 2008-09 richard cory-pearce 2007-08 neil weir 2006-07 prof stephen challacombe 2005-06 john maynard 2004-05 harvey white 2003-04 brian gibberd 2002-03 michael laurence 2001-02 james p.s. thomson 2000-01 barbara ansell cbe 1999-2000 brian owen-smith 1998-99 jeffrey rosenberg 1997-98 sir montague levine 1996-97 k.m.n. kunzru 1995-96 r.m. kirk 1994-95 m dulake 1993-94 d.w. zutshi 1992-93 a.e. fyfe 1991-92 basil helal 1990-91 prof christopher wastell 1989-90 elliot philipp 1988-89 david w. findlay 1987-88 c.h. flood 1986-87 georges jantet 1985-86 anne m. jepson 1984-85 w.j.c. currie 1983-84 n.f.e. burrows 1982-83 david t.d. hughes 1981-82 g.w.e. little 1980-81 david morris 1979–80 douglas langton woolf 1978-79 a. kingsley brown mbe 1976-78 henry thompson 1975-76 kenneth heathfield 1974-75 kenneth owen 1973-74 oliver garrod mbe 1972-73 t.v.l. cricholw 1971-72 f. wrigley 1970-71 reginald s murley 1969-70 c.w.kesson 1968-69 sir eric riches mc 1967-68 clement c. chesterman obe 1966-67 george qvist 1965-66 n. asherson 1964-65 w. gordon sears 1963-64 a. lawrence abel 1962-63 john henderson hunt 1961-62 sir cecil wakeley kbe 1960-61 gordon b. mitchell-heggs obe 1959-60 alec w. badenoch 1958-59 francis leslie cvo 1957-58 john ainsworth-davis 1956-57 cecil d. coyle 1955-56 a. dickson wright 1954-55 w.s.c. copeman cbe 1953-54 sir heneage oglivie kbe 1952-53 basil t. parsons-smith 1950-52 arthur espie porritt porritt, baron porritt abreast of the times kcmg, cbe 1949-50 w. thompson brown mc 1948-49 g.r. mather cordiner 1947-48 alexander ernest roche 1946-47 j. basil cook 1945–46 albert edward mortimer woolf 1940-45 no president 1939-40 john eyre frs 1938-39 andrew mcallister 1937-38 d.c. norris 1936-37 h.l. attwater 1935-36 w. brander 1934-35 w.h.f.