Papers of David Skene: correspondence: Letter from David Skene to his father, Andrew Skene Letter from David Skene, Edinburgh, to Andrew Skene (his father) in which he states that his money is very near done and begs him to send a supply; they have lost about 8 lectures from 'Sandie Monro's illness' but Mr Monro is hurrying to make it up; Rutherford is going on with his abridgement of Van Swieten but more quickly; Another amputation of the leg for a swelled knee - a great many cases like this in the infirmary; Mrs Challmers is better; Monro told him of a society in existence which was 'founded upon the old one but greatly more expansive as their subject is every branch of naturall knowledge', 8 December 1751. 8 December 1751