Abstract
The anatomist, John Hunter, was one of the greatest scientific figures of the eighteenth century. He was the father of scientific medical surgery and also dentistry in England. His mania for collecting anatomical specimens both normal and pathological resulted in him opening the first medical/dental/biological museum in the world, which now forms the Hunterian Museum in the Royal College of Surgeons of England. The tooth collection has over 10,000 dental specimens. Some of the more unusual include a necklace of human teeth presented by the African explorer, Henry Stanley, the skeleton of the dwarf known as the Sicilian Fairy, Caroline Crachami, early transplant experiments, Churchill’s denture and skulls of humans and animals with extra or misplaced teeth.
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