Contributions to medicine Hunter helped to improve understanding of human teeth, bone growth and remodelling, inflammation, gunshot wounds, venereal diseases, digestion, the functioning of the lacteals, child development, the separateness of maternal and foetal blood supplies, and the role of the lymphatic system. He carried out the first recorded artificial insemination in 1790 on a linen draper's wife. The adductor canal in the thigh is also known by its eponym "Hunter's canal" after John Hunter.
contriButions to medicine hUnteR helPeD tO imProVE unDeRstaNding Of HumaN TeETh, BoNE gRoWtH and reModeLling, infLAMMAtiOn, guNsHOT WoUnds, venEreAl diseasES, DIgeStion, the functIONiNg Of tHE LacTEaLS, Child DevELOpment, tHE SEpaRateNeSs of MaTernal and FoetaL BloOD SUpplIes, ANd the roLe of the LyMphatic system. hE carried out tHE FirsT recorded artifiCIal insEminatIOn iN 1790 oN a linEn dRaPEr's wiFe. the addUctOr Canal In thE Thigh is Also kNOWn by its epoNYm "hunteR's cAnaL" aFtEr joHn hUnTer.