John Hunter
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first heard Apr 2026
last heard 2 Aug
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British naturalist who first described the platypus
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newest first · ▶ plays the momentDr Ross BrooksInstant Genius · Exploring Darwin’s ideas through a queer lens · 12:39 · 2 Aug
…And John Hunter in the 1780s briefly wonders if that's an ancient intersex animal had split into two.…
Kat (Cat) IrvingAfter Dark: Myths, Misdeeds & the Paranormal · The Gruesome History of Sexual Disease · 23:25 · 4 Jun
…So John Hunter, you know, the Scottish anatomist who moved down to London, who was working in the 18th century, he absolutely thought that syphilis and gonorrhea were the same thing.…
UnknownBoring History for Sleep · The History of Syphilis — The Disease That Changed Kings 💀... · 54:11 · 22 May
…John Hunter, the Scottish surgeon who was one of the most significant figures in 18th century medicine, conducted or commissioned an experiment in the 1760s that he believed would settle a question that had been debated since the epidemic began.…
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