Alexander Monteith: Beginnings of Anatomy in Edinburgh, 1694
Alexander Monteith: his petition for a ‘gift of bodies’ On 24 October 1694 Alexander Monteith petitioned Edinburgh Town Council for ‘a gift of the bodies of those who die in the Correction House, and foundlings who die upon the breast, and to be allowed a convenient place for such, and the use of the College kirkyard […]