Surgeon, anatomist and scientist. He was the second of three generations of surgeons named Alexander Monro to chair the anatomy department at the Edinburgh Medical School for 128 consecutive years. To avoid confusion, he is also known by the Latin term Secundus meaning second. Alexander Monro Secundus was born in Edinburgh and educated in Edinburgh, Scotland. He obtained his M.D. at the University of Edinburgh in 1755, publishing a treatise on the lymphatic system. He also traveled to London, Paris and Berlin to complete medical training. In Berlin, he lived several months in the home of eminent anatomist Johann Friedrich Meckel the Elder. He was the most academically-productive of the three generations of Monro surgeons/anatomists. He published widely in both academic and clinical journals and was best known for discovery of the communication between the lateral ventricles to the third ventricle in the brain, later called the Foramina of Monro. He also published a large number of academic papers on such diverse subjects as the comparative anatomy of fishes, the bursae of the human body, the organs of special senses, on orthopedic accidents and regarding various medicinal treatments using essential oils, ardent spirits and opium. He was elected to fellowship in the Royal College of Physicians (Edinburgh) in 1759. In 1762, he married Katherine Inglis, the daughter of David Inglis, Treasurer of the Bank of Scotland. The couple had five children, including Alexander Monro Tertius.
Surgeon, anatomist and scientist. He was the second of three generations of surgeons named Alexander Monro to chair the anatomy department at the Edinburgh Medical School for 128 consecutive years. To avoid confusion, he is also known by the Latin term Secundus meaning second. Alexander Monro Secundus was born in Edinburgh and educated in Edinburgh, Scotland. He obtained his M.D. at the University of Edinburgh in 1755, publishing a treatise on the lymphatic system. He also traveled to London, Paris and Berlin to complete medical training. In Berlin, he lived several months in the home of eminent anatomist Johann Friedrich Meckel the Elder. He was the most academically-productive of the three generations of Monro surgeons/anatomists. He published widely in both academic and clinical journals and was best known for discovery of the communication between the lateral ventricles to the third ventricle in the brain, later called the Foramina of Monro. He also published a large number of academic papers on such diverse subjects as the comparative anatomy of fishes, the bursae of the human body, the organs of special senses, on orthopedic accidents and regarding various medicinal treatments using essential oils, ardent spirits and opium. He was elected to fellowship in the Royal College of Physicians (Edinburgh) in 1759. In 1762, he married Katherine Inglis, the daughter of David Inglis, Treasurer of the Bank of Scotland. The couple had five children, including Alexander Monro Tertius.
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Erected by
Maria Elizabeth Janet Munro, wife of
T. Stanley Rogerson, Esq. of the priory
Liverpool.
Sophia Frances Margaret Munro
daughters of Major William Munro Late
79? Highlanders and great great grand daughters
of the first professor Monro.
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