Sir Charles Bell was a Scottish surgeon, anatomist, physiologist, neurologist, artist, and philosophical theologian. Bell discovered the difference between sensory nerves and motor nerves in the spina
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The Maniac by Charles Bell (1806)
Opisthotonus (Tetanus) by Charles Bell (1809)
Plate 10 from "Anatomy of the Brain Explained in a Series of Engravings" Image credited to Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library.
The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh is a professional organisation of surgeons. The RCSEd has five faculties, covering a broad spectrum of surgical, dental, and other medical and healthcare spe
Charles Bell
…and spoke at the Society's centenary celebrations in 1837. In 1798, Bell graduated from the University of Edinburgh and soon after was admitted to the Edinburgh College of Surgeons where he taught anatomy and operated at the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary. While developing his talents as a surgeon, Bell's interests forayed into a field…
Surgeons Hall
The 1832 Playfair Building, RCSEd, Edinburgh
Memorial to healthcare workers at the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh