John Hunter—Transcending Surgical Boundaries

In 1787, John Hunter was the first surgeon to report removing a melanoma tumor in a patient. Initially, Hunter described the tumor as a "cancerous fungous excrescence." In 1968, the preserved tumor was officially diagnosed as metastatic melanoma. To this day, the tumor is displayed in the Hunterian Museum at Lincoln Inn Fields in London, England.

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