The Hunterian Oration, For The Year 1819 is a book written by John Abernethy. The book is a transcript of a speech given by Abernethy, a prominent English surgeon of the 19th century, at the Royal College of Surgeons in London. The speech was given in honor of John Hunter, a famous anatomist and surgeon who had died many years prior, and was delivered as part of a tradition known as the Hunterian Oration. In the book, Abernethy discusses the life...