Cohen B
Br Dent J. 1991 Jan 5;170(1):27-32. doi: 10.1038/sj.bdj.4807398.
The influence of William and John Hunter upon the development of Medicine and Dentistry in Britain has endured for more than two centuries. John Hunter's first book set out the morphological details of the teeth and their associated structures. From this basis he sought to attain an understanding of physiological and pathological processes by studies of the entire animal kingdom and by experimentation. His foundations of scientific dentistry were built upon by John Tomes and Wilfred Fish in subsequent centuries, both invoking the use of microscopy to enhance Hunter's naked eye descriptions and to interpret the results of experiments. Both, too, are inseparably linked with the history of the Royal College of Surgeons of England by the parts they played in establishing and preserving the place of their profession in that great repository of Hunter's teachings.
威廉·亨特和约翰·亨特对英国医学与牙医学发展的影响持续了两个多世纪。约翰·亨特的第一本书阐述了牙齿及其相关结构的形态学细节。在此基础上，他试图通过对整个动物界的研究和实验来理解生理和病理过程。在随后的几个世纪里，约翰·托姆斯和威尔弗雷德·菲什在他的科学牙医学基础上继续发展，两人都运用显微镜来完善亨特的肉眼观察描述并解读实验结果。他们在建立和维护其专业在亨特伟大教义宝库中的地位方面所发挥的作用，也使他们与英国皇家外科医学院的历史紧密相连。
