Alexander Monro lectures, 1785.

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Alexander Monro lectures, 1785.

Collection consists of manuscript of surgical lectures delivered by Alexander Monro, M.D.P.A., at Edinburgh University.

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University of Edinburgh.

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The University of Edinburgh was established by Royal Charter in 1582 . It was originally called Tounis College, when part of a legacy left by Robert Reid, Bishop of Orkney in 1558 had established a college of which the Town Council had gained control to establish a College of Law on the South side of Edinburgh. The inception of the University took place in 1583 . In 1617 when King James VI of Scotland (I of England) visited the College it was decreed that the College should change i...

Monro, Alexander, 1733-1817

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Scots anatomist. From the description of Notes from lectures delivered by Alex. Monro, 1795-1796 : Edinburgh / taken by F.A. Murray. (Duke University). WorldCat record id: 31976126 Professor of Anatomy and Surgery at the University of Edinburgh, serving at first jointly with his father, Alexander Monro (1697-1767), beginning in 1755. Shortly later he went to London to further his studies. In 1757 he returned to Edinburgh to assist with lectures during an illness of his fathe...