Monro

[ mən-rō′ ]

Family of Scottish anatomists and educators, including Alexander, (1697-1767), a renowned professor of anatomy at Edinburgh University (from 1720), who helped establish Edinburgh as a center of medical training and his son Alexander, (1733-1817), who worked on methods of surgical anesthesia.

Examples from the Web for monro

Miss Monro was a relief; they were glad of her as a third person, unconscious of the secret which constrained them.
A Dark Night's Work|Elizabeth Gaskell
Miss Monro would gladly have made a festival of her recovery, and have had her conveyed into the unused drawing-room.
A Dark Night's Work|Elizabeth Gaskell
He had sent on as many men as he felt able to spare some short time before, in response to an appeal from Colonel Monro.
French and English|Evelyn Everett-Green
Miss Monro was, perhaps, very wise in proposing the translation of a difficult part of Dante for a distraction to Ellinor.
A Dark Night's Work|Elizabeth Gaskell

The use of "iron" for "weapon" is, as Mr. Monro says, an anachronism.
The World of Homer|Andrew Lang