Papers of David Skene: correspondence: Letter from David Skene to his father, Andrew Skene Letter from David Skene to his father, Andrew Skene, in which he states that Hunter has finished osteology and myology and is more than half way through splanchology; he describes Hunter as a 'most accurate anatomist' and states that his preparations collection was equal to any in Europe; he has delivered one woman and has begun his second course of lectures with Smellie; he describes his methods of turning children, his instruments and impending publication of his plates; requests that his father makes clear his objections to Smellie, 5 December 1752. 5 December 1752