MONRO, Alexander, Secundus (1733 – 1817)
1733 – 1817
3 entries in the GMN corpus.
Image source Coloured stipple engraving by James Heath (1757–1834), after Henry Raeburn (1756–1823) · wellcomeimages.org · Public domain
1783 CE
#1385
Observations on the structure and functions of the nervous system.
Monro discovered the communication between the lateral ventricles of the human brain with each other and with the third ventricle, the “foramen of Monro”. Alexander secundus was the greatest of the three M…
1788 CE
#399.2
A description of all the bursae mucosae of the human body.
The first serious study of this subject and the most original anatomical work by the greatest of the Monro dynasty. See No. 1385.
1979 CE
#8772
The Monro collection in the Medical Library of the University of Otago: A descriptive catalogue with annotations and introduction
Scottish army surgeon John Monro (1670-1740) initiated a series of events that lead to the establishment of a dynasty which, beginning with his son Alexander Monro, changed the course of medical teaching and learning.…