Alexander Monro Professions : Physician Born : May 22, 1733 Died : October 2, 1817 Browse All Authors Famous Quotes by Alexander Monro For, as the substance of the brain, like that of the other solids of our body, is nearly incompressible, the quantity of blood within the head must be the same, or very nearly the same, at all times, whether in health or disease, in life or after death. Alexander Monro disease brain blood Similar Authors Abram Hoffer physician Buwei Yang Chao physician Broda Otto Barnes physician Brian Day physician Anna Komnene physician Axel Munthe physician All Authors