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Alexander Monro. Etching by J. Kay.

Alexander Monro. Lithograph by F. Schenck after W. Stewart.

Alexander Monro. Etching by J. Kay, 1790.

Alexander Monro. Coloured stipple engraving by J. Heath, 1800, after H. Raeburn.

An experimental inquiry into the properties of the blood. With remarks on some of its morbid appearances: and an appendix, relating to the discovery of the lymphatic system in birds, fish, and the animals called amphibious / By William Hewson.

Percussion et diagnostic physique en Grande Bretagne au 18e siècle : l'exemple d'Alexander Monro secundus / O. Keel.

Observations on the structure and functions of the nervous system. Illustrated with tables / By Alexander Monro.

The eye, the tear duct, and the nose: nine figures. Line engraving by A. Bell after G.B. Morgagni, A. Monro and J. (?) Hunter, 1798.

Parts of the ear: seventeen figures. Line engraving by A. Bell after A. Monro and Meckel, 1798.

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, with a less proportional decurtation of fibres, is proved to be unfounded ... / [Alexander Monro].

The structure and physiology of fishes explained and compared with those of man and other animals / [Alexander Monro].

A short description of the human muscles, arranged as they appear on dissection. Together with their several uses, and the synonyma of the best authors / By John Innes.

The structure and physiology of fishes explained, and compared with those of man and other animals. Illustrated with figures. By Alexander Monro, M.D. fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, and of the Royal Society, and professor of physic, and anatomy, and surgery, in the University of Edinburgh.

Icones et descriptiones bursarum mucosarum corporis humani / Correctiores auctioresque edidit Joannes Christianus Rosenmüller. Abildungen und Beschreibungen der Schleimsäcke des menschlichen Körpers.

Observations on the muscles, and particularly on the effects of their oblique fibres : with an appendix.

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Monro, Alexander, 1733-1817

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Observations on the structure and functions of the nervous system. Illustrated with tables / By Alexander Monro.

A short description of the human muscles, arranged as they appear on dissection. Together with their several uses, and the synonyma of the best authors / By John Innes.

Icones et descriptiones bursarum mucosarum corporis humani / Correctiores auctioresque edidit Joannes Christianus Rosenmüller. Abildungen und Beschreibungen der Schleimsäcke des menschlichen Körpers.

Observations on the muscles, and particularly on the effects of their oblique fibres : with an appendix.