Monro, Alexander, 1733-1817 ("Secundus", Professor of anatomy, University of Edinburgh)
Person
Biography
The younger son of Alexander Monro ''primus'' (1697-1767), he graduated as Doctor of Medicine from Edinburgh University in 1755. That same year he became joint Professor of Anatomy with his father, remaining in post until 1808. From 1798, he shared the Professorship with his son Alexander Monro "tertius" (1773-1859). In 1820 he donated his collection of anatomical preparations to the University, along with that of his father, to create the University's Anatomical Museum.
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Alexander Monro: Clinical Cases in the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh
Fonds — Volume Coll-2285
Identifier: Coll-2285
Scope and Contents
Details of cases listed under patient names, as follows:
p.3
Elizabeth Porteous, aged 23
p.13
Jane Bothivie, aged 35
p.23
Anne McDonald, aged 26
p.31
Anne Hood, aged 36
p.39
Ann Paterson, aged 10
p.43
Saragh Walker, aged 30
p.47
Ann Young, aged 24
p.59
Susan Murray, aged 50
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Dates:
1766
Notes from Lectures by Alexander Monro Secundus
Fonds — Volume Dk.4.25
Identifier: Coll-2183
Scope and Contents
Lectures given by Monro, Alexander Secundus. 1774.
Dates:
1774
Notes of lectures given by Alexander Monro (secundus), taken down by unknown person(s)
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1325
Scope and Contents
This volume of notes is based on Monro's surgical lectures at Edinburgh Medical School, 1774-1775. The manuscript lectures are sub-headed Lectures 1-13 and are in two distinct hands - the first two lectures in one, and the rest in another. The paper is watermarked with a crown and the initials GR, undated, but this L.V.Gerrevink paper commonly used throughout much of the 18th century. Both hands are clear and legible, with just a few corrections, and occasional additions written on the verso...
Dates:
1774-1775
Notes of lectures given by William Cullen, Andrew Duncan, and Alexander Monro (Secundus)
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-2260
Scope and Contents
Four volumes of student notes on lectures given by W. Cullen, Andrew Duncan, and Alexander Monro (Secundus).
Clinical lectures delivered by William Culluen, M.D., 1772-1773.
Lectures on the theory and practice of medicine delivered by Andrew Duncan M.D., Senior. n.d. 1774-1776, 2 vols. 4^o.
Lectures on surgery, delivered by Alexander Monro, Secundus (?) [c 1759-1800]....
Dates:
1759-1800
Papers of Joseph Black and family
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-16
Scope and Contents
5 boxes of correspondence between himself and a variety of individuals (including James Watt, Prince Paul Dashkov, John Robison) and on a variety of subjects: linen bleaching, use of lime water, assays of ores, civic water supply, mineralogical specimens, absorption of heat etc
1 box of family letters between Black, his father and his brothers Samuel, George and Thomas
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Dates:
1746-1799