John Monro (physician)
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"John Monro was the eldest son of James Monro, who was the physician of the Bethlem Hospital until his death in 1752, and his wife Elizabeth. James was the first of the Monro family of physicians who formed a dynasty of what was known at the time as mad-doctors between 1728 and 1855."--Sholem Stein |
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John Monro (16 November 1716 - 27 December 1791) was a physician and specialist in insanity who was the physician at the primary English mental hospital Bethlem Hospital, better known as Bedlam.
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