Alexander Monro, an English anatomist, "born in London, Sept. 19, 1697, died in Edinburgh, July 10,1767. In 1720 he began at Edinburgh a course of lectures on anatomy and materia medica, which were the first regular lectures on the medical sciences ever delivered in that city. On the foundation of the Edinburgh faculty of medicine in 1721, Dr. Monro was appointed professor of anatomy. The royal infirmary of Edinburgh was founded under his direction, and he lectured there on surgical science till 1759, when he resigned his lectureship to his son Alexander, who was the author of several treatises on physics. The father's most important work is " Osteology, or a Treatise on the Anatomy of the Bones" (1726), which was translated into many foreign languages. Some of his contributions to scientific journals were reprinted under the titles "Medical Essays and Observations" and "Essays Physical and Literary." His complete works, edited by his son Alexander, with a memoir by his son Donald, were published in Edinburgh in 1781.