He delivered the Croonian lectures from 1799 to 1801 .
As Gulstonian lecturer in 1796 , Hunter lectured on softening of the brain , which he is said to have been the first to treat as a distinct pathological condition ; the lecture was not published .
Hunter delivered the Croonian lectures from 1799 to 1801 .
As Gulstonian lecturer in 1796 , Hunter lectured on softening of the brain , which he is said to have been the first to treat as a distinct pathological condition ; the lecture was not published .