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I cannot get over the fact that Hunter created his own concept of reanimating people (aka CPR) in Georgian England and his contemporary doctor/competitors were like “nah, bro, just blow tobacco up their rear and that will work.”

If I were a sexually transmitted infection I would *truly* enjoy this book on a carnal level. Georgian England is replete with STIs. John Hunter, a man who introduced *very* basic concepts of observation, incremental improvement, and placebos to English science in the 18th century, did his best to learn about STIs but the incredible preponderance of disease clouded his vision.