Sir Charles Bell | |
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| Born | 12 November 1774 |
| Died | 28 April 1842 (aged 67) |
| Nationality | Scottish |
| Alma mater | University of Edinburgh |
| Known for | authority on the human nervous system |
| Awards | Royal Medal (1829) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Anatomy |
| Institutions | Surgeon, Edinburgh Royal Infirmary (1799–) Practising surgeon, London (1804–) Principal Lecturer, Great Windmill Street School of Anatomy (1812–25) Lectured at Middlesex Hospital etc (1812–36) Professor of Surgery, Edinburgh University (1836–42) |
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Author of "Treatise on Animal Mechanics", "An Essay on the Hand, its Mechanism and Vital Endowments as Evincing Design" | |
Sir Charles Bell KH FRS FRSE FRCSE MWS (12 November 1774 – 28 April 1842) was a Scottish surgeon, anatomist, physiologist, neurologist, artist, and philosophical theologian. He is noted for discovering the difference between sensory nerves and motor nerves in the spinal cord. He is also noted for describing Bell's palsy.
His three older brothers included Robert Bell (1757–1816) a Writer to the Signet, John Bell (1763–1820), also a noted surgeon and writer; and the advocate George Joseph Bell (1770–1843) who became a professor of law at the University of Edinburgh and a principal clerk at the Court of Session.[1]
- ^ Pichot, Amédée (1860). The life and labours of Sir Charles Bell ... London. hdl:2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t4th8dz6z.
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