 He then wrote a full description, under the title of "Osteographia Elephantina", which he sent to Hans Sloane of the Royal Society of London in April 1709; this was published in the Society’s Journal (Philosophical Transactions) in two parts in 1710.In 1707 he dissected and prepared the skeleton of a porter who had hanged himself in the stairway of St Andrews University and this was placed in the Anatomy lecture room from 1722.Blair received 100 merks for this work.