TY - JOUR
AU - Shelton, Don C
AB - ESSAY Don C Shelton 114 B Remuera Road, Remuera, Auckland, New Zealand E-mail: donshelton@actrix.co.nz Hunter by Colin Mackenzie and John Hunter, with DECLARATIONS Introduction original drawings by Jan van Rymsdyk. The qual- Competing interests William Smellie MD (1697–1763) and William ity and detail of the anatomical plates is of such Hunter MD (1718–1783) are accepted as fathers of None declared high quality, they are the equivalent of 21st- the obstetrics profession. In the 18th century they century forensic photographs, and can be studied Funding both produced highly detailed anatomical atlases in the same manner. None of the pregnant female body, praised as master- No evidence has been found of any previous pieces of medical art. To date, their atlases have attempt to determine the legitimacy of the subjects Ethical approval been accepted without question as to the source depicted, the general assumption seeming to be Not applicable and legitimacy of the subjects they dissected. This they were obtained from poorhouses. This general paper addresses the legitimacy of their subjects. It Guarantor assumption was arrived at by the lack of recog- demonstrates a prima facie case showing Smellie DCS nized medical statistics: ‘No reliable figures exist and Hunter were responsible 
TI - The Emperor's new clothes
JF - Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine
DO - 10.1258/jrsm.2009.090295
DA - 2010-02-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/sage/the-emperor-s-new-clothes-2nYE0V4HOx
SP - 46
EP - 50
VL - 103
IS - 2
DP - DeepDyve
ER -