James_Wilson_(anatomist)
James Wilson (anatomist)
British anatomist
Dr James Wilson (1765–1821) was a British anatomist. A pupil of John Hunter, he took over Hunter's position teaching anatomy at the Great Windmill Street School in London, and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society.[1] He is eponym of Wilson's muscle in the constrictor urethræ.[2] His anatomical collection was donated to the Surgeon's Hall in Edinburgh and it is now known as the James Wilson Collection.