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HISTORY OF DENTAL SliRGERY 73
stated that by an order in council all coffins within the vaults of the church
of St. Martin in the Fields would be removed. He remembered that John
Hunter was buried in this church, obtained permission to search the parish
register and found the followiny entry
October 22, 1793.
Apoplexy. M. John Hunter, Esq. 6 10s. 2(1.
Leicester Squar. No. Candles. i/4 past 4 o 'clock.
V. N 3. Duty 3rd.
After patiently searching, Mr. Buckland found the coffin containing
Hunter's remains, and it is due to his public spirit that England had the
opportunity of honoring the memory of John Hunter sixty-si.\ years after
his decease.
The council of the College of Surgeons applied to the dean and chapter
of Westminster Abbey for permission to remove the remains to England's
resting place for the illustrious dead. The permission was promptly given.
The reinterment took ])lace on the afternoon of Monday, the 28th of March,
with simple and very unostentatious ceremony, at the usual three o'clock
service. There was a crowded attendance, and an anthem appropriate to the
occasion was impressively given. The magazine gives the following account
of the obsequies
"At the close of the service the coffin was borne round the Alihey, fol-
lowed by dean of Westminster and Mr. Baillie, a grand nephew of Hunter;
Lord Ducie and Dr. Clarke, of Cambridge, as representing the trustees of
the Hunterian Museum ; Mr. Buckland and Mr. Owen, the late Hunterian
professor; Dr. Mayo and Mr. Green, the presidents of the Royal Colleges
of Physicians and Surgeons ; the council and professors of the college of
Surgery; the censors of the College of Physicians; the master and wardens
of the Apothecaries' Company; the council of the College of Dentists; the
president of the Linnean Society; the president of the Royal Medical and
Chirurgical Society ; the president of the London Medical Society ; the presi-
dent of the Odontological Society; and the representatives of the London
hospitals and medical schools, and many distinguished metnipolitau and ]iro-
vincial surgeons.
"The remains were then lowered to their last resting place, in the north
side of the nave, between Wilkie and Ben Jonson. Deep silence prevailed,
which was only disturbed by the suppressed murmurs of some few disap-
pointed ones, but doubtless the majority sympathized with ourselves. The
marked silence was in character—the remains undisturbed for upwards of
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HISTORY OF DENTAL SliRGERY 73
stated that by an order in council all coffins within the vaults of the church
of St. Martin in the Fields would be removed. He remembered that John
Hunter was buried in this church, obtained permission to search the parish
register and found the followiny entry
October 22, 1793.
Apoplexy. M. John Hunter, Esq. 6 10s. 2(1.
Leicester Squar. No. Candles. i/4 past 4 o 'clock.
V. N 3. Duty 3rd.
After patiently searching, Mr. Buckland found the coffin containing
Hunter's remains, and it is due to his public spirit that England had the
opportunity of honoring the memory of John Hunter sixty-si.\ years after
his decease.
The council of the College of Surgeons applied to the dean and chapter
of Westminster Abbey for permission to remove the remains to England's
resting place for the illustrious dead. The permission was promptly given.
The reinterment took ])lace on the afternoon of Monday, the 28th of March,
with simple and very unostentatious ceremony, at the usual three o'clock
service. There was a crowded attendance, and an anthem appropriate to the
occasion was impressively given. The magazine gives the following account
of the obsequies
"At the close of the service the coffin was borne round the Alihey, fol-
lowed by dean of Westminster and Mr. Baillie, a grand nephew of Hunter;
Lord Ducie and Dr. Clarke, of Cambridge, as representing the trustees of
the Hunterian Museum ; Mr. Buckland and Mr. Owen, the late Hunterian
professor; Dr. Mayo and Mr. Green, the presidents of the Royal Colleges
of Physicians and Surgeons ; the council and professors of the college of
Surgery; the censors of the College of Physicians; the master and wardens
of the Apothecaries' Company; the council of the College of Dentists; the
president of the Linnean Society; the president of the Royal Medical and
Chirurgical Society ; the president of the London Medical Society ; the presi-
dent of the Odontological Society; and the representatives of the London
hospitals and medical schools, and many distinguished metnipolitau and ]iro-
vincial surgeons.
"The remains were then lowered to their last resting place, in the north
side of the nave, between Wilkie and Ben Jonson. Deep silence prevailed,
which was only disturbed by the suppressed murmurs of some few disap-
pointed ones, but doubtless the majority sympathized with ourselves. The
marked silence was in character—the remains undisturbed for upwards of
