Outlines of the Anatomy of the Human Body, in its Sound and Diseased State. Vol IV. Engravings.

Monro, Alexander (tertius)

Publication Date: 1813

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Edinburgh : Printed for Archibald Constable & Co. Edinburgh; and London, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brony, 1813, 8°, (8), 15, (1) pp, 46 ( 13 gefalt., 9 farb.) Kupferstichtafeln, feiner Halblederband; Tafeln teilweise fleckig. Rare - First Edition! Aexander Monro III of Craiglockhart, (5 November 1773 ?? - 10 March 1859), was a Scottish anatomist and medical educator at the University of Edinburgh Medical School. His students included Charles Darwin who asserted that Monro "made his lectures on human anatomy as dull as he was himself." During Monro's tenure as Professor of Anatomy, Edinburgh was rocked by scandal due to the notorious "Burke and Hare murders" in which healthy individuals were intentionally killed in order to supply cadavers for dissection by anatomy lecturers and their students. One of the murderers, William Burke, was hanged on 28 January 1829, after which he was famously dissected at the Edinburgh Medical College by Monro himself. In a letter, Monro dipped his quill pen into Burke's blood and wrote, "This is written with the blood of Wm Burke, who was hanged at Edinburgh. This blood was taken from his head." (Courtesy Wikipedia) Being the fourth of a four-volume set, this work features the engraved plates taken from the original drawings of Monro's. Many of the engraved plates are hand colored and folding.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Outlines of the Anatomy of the Human Body, in its Sound and Diseased State. Vol IV. Engravings.
• Publication Date: 1813
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
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  • Anatomie und Physiologie