====== 1783 ======

[[1782]]-[[1784]]

The [[Foramen of Monro]] was named after the Scottish physician [[Alexander Monro]] (1733-1817), who first described it in 1783
((Clarke E. The Human Brain and Spinal Cord. Norman Publishing. (1996) ISBN:0930405250.)).

As early as [[1783]], Monro, Kellie in 1823, and other investigators advanced the notion that the volume of the brain is constant
((Monro A ([[1783]]). Observations on the structure and function of the nervous system. Edinburgh: Creech & Johnson.))
(( Kellie G ([[1824]]). "Appearances observed in the dissection of two individuals; death from cold and congestion of the brain". Trans Med Chir Sci Edinb. 1: 84–169.))