1783

1782-1784

The Foramen of Monro was named after the Scottish physician Alexander Monro (1733-1817), who first described it in 1783 1).

As early as 1783, Monro, Kellie in 1823, and other investigators advanced the notion that the volume of the brain is constant 2) 3)

1)
Clarke E. The Human Brain and Spinal Cord. Norman Publishing. (1996) ISBN:0930405250.
2)
Monro A (1783). Observations on the structure and function of the nervous system. Edinburgh: Creech & Johnson.
3)
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.