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Historical Bibliography Updated: June 17, 2026

Observations on the structure and functions of the nervous system.

Publication Details

Edinburgh: W. Creech, 1783 CE.

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 Monros.

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Entry Number#1385
Permanent Linkhttps://staging.historyofmedicine.com/entry/1823
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External URLobservations-on-the-structure-and-functions-of-the-nervous-system

Geographic Context

Publication place: Edinburgh