Founding of the Society
Year	Authority / Notes
1819	According to its website (), the Society was founded on 1819, February 11, at which time the name Hunterian Society was adopted. According to its website (), the Society "was named to honour John Hunter, the Father of Scientific Surgery...."
Seat of the Society
City	Authority / Notes
London England	Its website () describes the Hunterian Society as the third general medical society to be formed in London (following the Medical Society of London, founded 1773, and the Medical and Chirurgical Society of London, founded 1805).
Name of the Society
Dates	Name	Authority
1819 -	Hunterian Society	Its website () gives this as its founding name in 1819. Its publications establish this name from 1868 to the present.
Hunterian Society

Journals of the Society
Years	Full Journal Title	Abbrev.
1868 - 1896   A	Abstracts of the Transactions of the Hunterian Society The record in the Oxford Univ. cat. gives the full title. The record in the Harvard Univ. cat. gives the years of publication. Continued by B. [Oxford Univ. cat.; Harvard Univ. cat.]
1896/1897 - 1914; session 1936/1937 - (Vol.1 - )   B	Transactions of the Hunterian Society The record in the National Lib. Scotland cat. indicates that the first part of this run began with 78th session (1896-7). The record in the Univ. Toronto cat. indicates that the first part of this run ended with 1914. The record in the National Lib. Scotland cat. indicates that the second part of this run began with Vol. 1 (session 1936-37). Continues A. [National Lib. Scotland cat.; Univ. Toronto cat.]	Trans. Hunter. Soc. [Notes Rec. Roy. Soc., Vol. 23, No. 1 (Jun., 1968), p.116 cites 1964/1965.]