“ Ccllulai- Patliology ” puldishd in 1858 was considered to be almost
cxcl usively the property of human pathology. Comparative pathology
has laggecl behind general medical pathology ever since the middle of
the ninetcwith century, with OIN: or two major exceptions. The great
,John Hutit,cr (1728 1793) c*oiilcl tw (IcHwibed i ~ s the English fihtticr of‘
FIG. 8. A pimo of coral &owing a lesion. Whether this Ionion is mopleetic or not is
uncertain for the present.
comparative pathology and maiiy of his thoughts and views antedated
those of Darwin and other great sciCiitistH by m;my yearii.
It, is difficult to iLttempt to uiiderstancl the rthnaisoance of com parative pathology in khgland. J . It. ill. Itincs, before the Second World
War, at Cambridge wa,s actively pioneering a new comparut,ivo approach, arid in sucdi centres ~ L B thc Universities of Cambridge ;md Briatol
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