Lectures of Medical History

Title: "Mr. Alexander Monro's | History of Anatomy | Taken in the Year 1739: | In his College att Edinburgh. | Novembr- the 20th: | S. Holland." A very full report of Monro's lectures, divided as follows: Prolegomena (fo. 1-3); Book i, From the earliest times to the foundation of the School of Alexandria: Ch. 1, Thales, Pythagoras, etc. (fo. 3-10); Ch. 2, Hippocrates (fo. 10-16); Ch. 3, Plato and Aristotle (fo. 16-18); Ch. 3, Diocles, Praxagoras, Erasistratus and Herophilus (fo. 18-22); Book ii, From the founding of the School att Alexandria to the Restauration of Learning in Europe; Ch. 1, Archagathus, Asclepiades, Cassius and Celsus (fo. 23-25); Ch. 2, Rufus, Plinius, Cœlius Aurelianus and Aretæus (fo. 25-28); Ch. 3, Claudius Galenus (fo. 28-32); Ch. 4, Oribasius. Nemesius, Aetius, etc. (fo. 32-35); Book iii, From the Restauration of Learning to Europe to the time when the Circulation was discovered by Dr. Harvey; Introduction (fo. 35-36); Ch. 1, Of Mundinus (fo. 36-38); Ch. 2, Alexander Benedictus, Jacobus Beringarius, Carpus, and Alexander Archillinus (fo. 38-42); Ch. 3, Andreas, Lacuna, Nicholaus Massa, Joan: Guinterius, and Joan: Fernelius (fo. 42-44); Ch. 4, Andreas Vesalius, Carolus Stephanus, Ambrose Parey, Johannes Valverda and Johannes Philipus al. Ingrassias (fo. 44-48); Ch. 5, Jacobus Sylvius, Realdus Columbus, and Gabriel Fallopius (fo. 48-53); Ch. 6, Bartholomæus and Eustachius (fo. 53-56); Ch. 7, Leonardus, Botallus, Volherus (and others) and Andreas Laurentinus (fo. 56-62); Ch. 8, Fabricius ab Aquapendente, Julius Casserius, Adrianus Spigillius, Joannes Riolanus, Casper Bartholine, Casper Hoffmanus, Andreas Libavius, Peter Paau and Casper Asellinus (fo. 62-68); Book iv, From Harvey's time untill the foundation of the Royall Society att London; Ch. 1, Dr Wm- Harvey, Michael Servetus and Andreas Caesalpinus (fo. 68-74); Ch. 2, Vopiscus Fortunatus Plempeius, Joannes Velingius, Wirtzungius, Cæcilius Folius, Joannes Antonoides, Van der Linden, Conradus Victor Schneiderus, Albertus Chyperus and Marcus Aurelius Severinus (fo. 74-76); Ch. 3, Thomas Bartholine (fo. 76-79); Ch. 4, John Pecquet, Johannes van Horne, Dominicus De Marechetti, Nathaniel Highmore, Gaelnius Rolfinchius and Henricus Eyssonius (fo. 79-82); Book v, From the Foundation of the Royall Society at London untill the time of Malpighius; Ch. 1, Of the foundation of the Royall Society in Brittain & those in severall other Countries (fo. 82-88); Ch. 2, Olaus Wormius, Simon Pauli, Nicholaus Steno, Casper Bartholine, Jn. Michael Lyseras and Jacobus Jolivius (fo. 88-91); Ch. 3, Dr. Francis Glysson, Dr. Thomas Wharton, Dr. Thomas Willis, Dr. Walter Needham and Dr. Richard Lower (fo. 91-95); Ch. 4, Johannes Bohn and other German doctors (fo. 95-96); Ch. 5, Fredericus Ruysch, Ludovicus de Bils, and other Dutch doctors (fo. 96-101); Book vi, From Malpighius time to this present; Ch. i, Marcellus Malpighius and other Italians (fo. 101-106); Ch. 2, Gagliardi and Leal Lealius (fo. 106-107); Ch. 3, Dr. John Brown, Dr. Clopton Havers, Dr. Thos. Gibson, Wm. Cowper, Dr. Humphrey Ridley and Dr. Edward Tysson (fo. 107-110); Ch. 4, John Munick, Drelincourtius, Nuck, Bidloo and Verheyne (fo. 110-115); Ch. 5, Joseph Du Verney and other Frenchmen (fo. 115-118); Of the Renouvellement de la Academie Royale; Dr. Keil, Dr. Drake, Dr. Douglas, Mr. Cheselden, Dr. Cockburn, Dr. Bellinger, Dr. Wood, Dr. Rutty, Dr. Brain Robinson and Mr. Elliot (fo. 118-125); Ch. 7, Joseph de la Charriere, Ludovicus Lemery, Jean Joseph Courtial, Le Clerc, Garengiot, Winslow (fo. 125-128); Ch. 8, Antonius Pacchionus and others (fo. 128-135); Ch. 9, Of Two Societies in Germany and various Germans (fo. 135-139); Ch. 10, of Raw, Brown, Hovius, Societies at Upsala, Petersburgh and Bononia (fo. 139-143). Colophon: "End of the History." Folios 144-145 blank.

1739

fo. 1-143

Described in: Warren R. Dawson, Manuscripta medica. A descriptive catalogue of the manuscripts in the Library of the Medical Society of London (London, 1932).