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Alexander Monro Secundus

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Gender Male
Death206 years ago
Born Edinburgh
United Kingdom
DiedEdinburgh
United Kingdom
Children Alexander Monro
Alexander Monro III
Isabella Monro
Job Physician
Date of birth May 22,1733
Zodiac sign Gemini
Date of died October 2,1817
Education The University of Edinburgh
Grandchildren Alexander Monro III
Isabella Monro
David Monro
William Monro
John Scott, 8th of Gala
Known forFoundation Professor of Anatomy, Edinburgh University Medical School
Parents Alexander Monro Primus
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Date of Upd.
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Observations on the Structure and Functions of the Nervous System
Three Treatises on the Brain, the Eye, and the Ear
Experiments on the Nervous System with Opium and Metalline Substances: Made Chiefly with the view of Determining the Nature and effects of Animal Electricity
The Paper Trail: An Unexpected History of a Revolutionary Invention
Observations on the Muscles: And Particularly on the Effects of Their Oblique Fibres: with an Appendix, in which the Pretension of Dr Gilbert Blane, that He First Demonstrated the Same Effect to be Produced by Oblique Muscles as by Straight Ones . . . is Proved to be Unfounded. By Alexander Monro, M. D. . . .
The Anatomy of the Human Bones and Nerves: With an Account of the Reciprocal Motions of the Heart, and a Description of the Human Lacteal Sac and Duct. by Alexander Monro, . . . the Fourth Edition Corrected and Enlarged
A Short Account of the Reformation: In Which, . . . it is Plainly Proven, that Episcopacy was the First Legaly [sic] Established Church Government in Scotland. In which Also the First Rise of Presbytery is Accounted For. Written by the Late Reverend . . . Dr. Alexander Monro
A State of Facts Concerning the First Proposal of Performing the Paracentesis of the Thorax, on Account of Air Effused from the Lungs Into the Cavities of the Pleurae: And Concerning the Discovery of the Lymphatic
The Structure and Physiology of Fishes Explained, and Compared with Those of Man and Other Animals. Illustrated with Figures. by Alexander Monro,
Observations, Anatomical and Physiological, Wherein Dr. Hunter's Claim to Some Discoveries Is Examined. with Figures. by Alexander Monro Junior, M. D.
Essays and Heads of Lectures on Anatomy, Physiology, Pathology, and Surgery. with a Memoir of His Life, and Copious Notes Explanatory of Modern Anatomy, Physiology, Pathology, and Practice
The Spirit of Calumny and Slander Examin'd, Chastised and Expos'd: In a Letter to a Malicious Libeller More Particularly Address'd to Mister George Ridpath
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Alexander Monro of Craiglockhart and Cockburn FRSE FRCPE was a Scottish anatomist, physician and medical educator. He is typically known as Alexander Monro Secundus or Junior to distinguish him as the second of three generations of physicians of the same name.

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