THE B' E E, 



LtTERART WEEKLT INTELLIGENCER, 



wfeiDKESDAY, Odober 26,-1791. 



Account of the Umverftty' of Edinburgh. 

 With a Plate reprefenting the Eaft Front -of the New Buildiug. 



X HE univerfity of Edinburgh was founded by King 

 James VI. anno 1598: being but poorly endowed, 

 the teaching rooms were erefted in a much meaner ftile 



than thofe of any of the other Scotlfa univerfitles - 



From the death of James VI. till the revolution, the 

 times were fo troublefome that this infant feminary' 

 could not make a diftinguifhed figure -, but towards 

 the beginning of the prefent century, Mr M'Laurin 

 in philofophy, and Dr Alexander Monro the elder in 

 anatomy, laid tlie foundation of that celebrity it has 

 fince attained. In the medical line,efpecially, Dr Monro 

 having been ably afiilled by the co-operation of Dr 

 Rutherford the elder, Dr Wliite, and others, it ac- 

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