Monro, Alexander (1697-1767)

A treatise of bandages. Comparative anatomy, [etc.]. At the end of the first work is the signature of 'Henry Miller 1742' in pencil: his name 'Henry Miller, Surgeon' is also inscribed on the first fly-leaf. Both works are written by the same hand, and at the end of the second work is inscribed 'John Craufurd scripsit'. The last 8 ll. are by different contemporary hands, and contain notes on diseases, prescriptions, etc. Produced in Edinburgh.

1742

1 volume 56 pp. + 102 pp. + 17 pp. + 8 ll. 4to. 21 × 16 cm. Original half-calf binding. The bottom half of the last leaf of the index to the second work has been torn away.

Purchased 1910.

On Monro primus lectures see Medical History, 30, 1986. On inscriptions, see Medical History, 30, 1986, 465.

Database description transcribed from S.A.J. Moorat, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts on Medicine and Science in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library (London: Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, 1962-1973).