sir february february professor anatomy dynamic teacher administrator transforming status institutions worked equally passionate anatomy enthusiastically seeking largest finest specimens including colleagues single minded quest money space collection scientists best known work bears work rare came attention descent man help argue case man mammals shared common ancestor public famous whale whale appeared hunted dragged ashore exhibited britain took opportunity recover bones medical profession known transforming teaching anatomy papers books wrote efficient work medical school awarded medicine highest honours including membership fellowship presidency finally early life son alexander wife lived large stone built 18th century house grounds outside john born house alexander wealthy mill owner merchant bought early 19th century spinning mill built nearby mill open air near house living gone leaving house seat family mary father maker alexander mary married marriage warmly lasted alexander death despite large age difference alexander mary buried abbey children boys girls boys privately classics mathematics modern languages home went boating summer skating winter nearby dam rode went swimming nearby went long walks wealthy friends older brother james younger brother alexander studied medicine james doctor alexander died cholera serving doctor war sisters provided simple education poor friends daniel daniel historian reformer medical career studied medicine edinburgh winning prizes undergraduate completed degree fellow time college licensed brother james teach anatomy courses taught medical school edinburgh recognized examining bodies england scotland ireland worked way royal surgical assistant surgical clerk house physician house surgeon finally surgeon passion anatomy told story concentrated anatomy day failed look outside observe street procession known disruption launched lecturer anatomy professor anatomy recently formed crown chair recognized government prestigious position application chair supported letters public figures including known doctors politicians 2nd home secretary scottish lord advocate support men actively connected friends relatives including cousin reverend energetic wife success campaign family moved held years time radically transformed anatomy teaching university improved medical school set museum anatomy helped lead reconstruction vigorously collected specimens museum prepared provided mainly work hands expense specimens arranged enable students compare anatomy different animals intended comparative anatomy exhibits demonstrate evolution presence structures example mammals arm hand human wing bird horse whale continually demands senate additional room space money museum wishes colleagues faculty great lengths obtain specimens particularly wanted occasion led court action long admired skeleton borrowed ostensibly clean despite society urgent requests returned stayed museum years hoped obtain specimen president tried museum society obtained court order removing skeleton published papers anatomy set popular series lectures public held saturday evenings methods remain relevant today powerful effect medical education britain establishing format years pre clinical academic teaching examination sciences underlying medicine including especially anatomy system lasted reform medical training 21st century successors anatomy school write undoubtedly greatly dismayed drastic reduction teaching basic medical sciences subsequent perceived decline knowledge medical students practicing quote students informed foundation sciences principles profession understand disease treatment practice routine application directions textbook teacher awards honours awarded honorary doctor laws degree work medical education given honorary membership president appointed remained member elected fellow president held position years sir queen_victoria service medicine scientific work evolution advocates theory evolution speaking publicly corresponding observations comparative anatomy studies interested abnormal variations anatomy additional toes collected specimens offered darwin described rare extra band tissue present humans running bony projection elbow showed presence inherited significance darwin understood organ function humans inherited structure certainly function mammals including mammals opening bone important structures median nerve run observed present humans nerve run darwin took mean humans mammals common ancestor work evidence chapter descent man lower passage near lower end called great nerve fore limb great pass man generally trace passage fairly developed formed depending hook like process bone completed band closely attended subject inherited occurred father seven children present great nerve invariably passes clearly indicates lower animals turner estimates informs occurs cent recent skeletons occasional development structure man probable return ancient state things higher absent whale anatomy coastal city gave opportunity observe time time washed scotland coast observed described blue whale called great fin whale brought entire skeleton whale anatomy department century suspended overhead hall vigorously collected examples wide range species form museum intention illustrating darwin theories energetic forceful personality strong enthusiasm alarmed colleagues constantly asking money space acquire house collection whale known general public whale largest specimens end december whale appeared attracting local interest night struggle escaped week later found dead towed beach near quickly visited measuring feet long tail feet inches wide able start local entrepreneur bought whale took yard sunday people paid allowed famous specimen badly public exhibition working room reputed like deck greenland disturbed admitted public fee watch assistants work military band playing background progress snow showers able remove skeleton woods flesh stuffed taken profitable tour far edinburgh london months waiting august able remove skull rest skeleton decade wrote seven anatomy articles whale complete monograph life family siblings included doctor hospital years youngest brother died married born january august sister chief clerk came scottish medical family parents old families james practised surgeon english border small town northumberland james death country city wrote great majority profession country practitioners hardest work profession winter nights world asleep long weary drive far libraries hospitals museums societies comparative isolation want guidance tend city mark father law chemist married daughter mary grandfather explosives chemist sir father law educator married daughter retirement retiring returned edinburgh buried north east section central edinburgh wife joined sons alexander james john worked medical profession john followed father working hospital finally president publications authored manuscripts books including following books john observations edinburgh john edinburgh stewart john memoir anatomy whale edinburgh papers john points abnormal anatomy arm foreign john points anatomy great fin whale john bones muscles rudimentary hind limbs john october new year course study remarks position anatomy earlier studies relative value lectures john external characters parts anatomy
John Struthers (anatomist)