| Administrative History | Sir Caesar Hawkins, first baronet (1711–1786), surgeon |
| Description | Letter from George Skene, London, to Andrew Skene in which he states that he has attended St. George's Hospital since August; describes physicians, conditions in hospital and operations attended, including 'couching' by C. Hawkins; refers to numerous cases of fistula and treatment, method of dressing woman's breast following removal of 'schirrous knot', treatment of boy with 'fracture on temporis', and surgery by trephine; refers to possibility of Hunter's appointment as accoucheur to Queen, 29 September 1761. |