Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 827

ALEXANDER MONRO (1697-1767) The anatomy of the humane bones. To which are added, An anatomical treatise of the nerves; An account of the reciprocal motions of the heart; and, A description of the humane lacteal sac and duct. Printed for W. Monro 1732 2nd ed. viii, 344, iv, 41 pp. 16.5 cm.

Monro primus, as he is usually called, was the first in the long line of the Monro family who held the chair of anatomy at Edinburgh uninterruptedly for more than 120 years. During the tenures of the Monros primus and secundus (see No. 1010), the University of Edinburgh became a great center of medical teaching. Monro primus was a disciple of Boerhaave and William Cheselden, and his own teaching attracted hundreds of medical students. The anatomy of the humane bones, first published in 1726, is his chief work and continued in use in successive editions for more than fifty years.

See Related Record(s): 1010

Cited references: Russell 571

Gift of John Martin, M.D.