Scottish physician, painter and theologian (1774–1842)

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Charles Bell. Lithograph.

Narrative of the discoveries of Sir Charles Bell in the nervous system ... / [Alexander Shaw].

Exposition des attributs du système nerveux : réfutation de la doctrine de Charles Bell, et explication des phénomènes de la paralysie / par le docteur Castel.

An address on the position of Sir Charles Bell amongst anatomists / Arthur Keith.

Sir Charles Bell : his life, art, neurological concepts, and controversial legacy / Michael J. Aminoff, MD, DSc, FRCP, Professor of Neurology, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, California.

Charles Bell and the anatomy of reform / Carin Berkowitz.

Sir Charles Bell (1774-1842) : a memoir / by John Cohen.

Essays on the anatomy and philosophy of expression / By Charles Bell.

Essays on the anatomy of expression in painting / By Charles Bell.

The anatomy and philosophy of expression as connected with the fine arts / By Sir Charles Bell.

An aneurism, numbered for key. Coloured stipple etching by W. Archibald after Charles Bell, c. 1810 (?).

The anatomy of the brain, explained in a series of engravings / By Charles Bell.

Illustrations of the great operations of surgery, trepan, hernia, amputation, aneurism, and lithotomy / [Sir Charles Bell].

Letters concerning the diseases of the urethra / [Sir Charles Bell].

Engravings of the arteries, illustrating the second volume of The anatomy of the human body, and serving as an introduction to The surgery of the arteries / By Charles Bell.

The nervous system of the human body : embracing the papers delivered to the Royal Society on the subject of the nerves / by Charles Bell.

A dissertation on gun-shot wounds / by Charles Bell.

The anatomy and physiology of the human body / by John and Charles Bell.

On the organs of the human voice / by Sir Charles Bell.

On the motions of the eye, in illustration of the uses of the muscles and nerves of the orbit / [Sir Charles Bell].

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Charles Bell

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Works from the collections

The nervous system of the human body : embracing the papers delivered to the Royal Society on the subject of the nerves / by Charles Bell.

A dissertation on gun-shot wounds / by Charles Bell.

The anatomy and physiology of the human body / by John and Charles Bell.

On the organs of the human voice / by Sir Charles Bell.

On the motions of the eye, in illustration of the uses of the muscles and nerves of the orbit / [Sir Charles Bell].

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Charles Bell

Images from the collections

Images by Charles Bell

Images featuring Charles Bell

Works from the collections

The nervous system of the human body : embracing the papers delivered to the Royal Society on the subject of the nerves / by Charles Bell.

A dissertation on gun-shot wounds / by Charles Bell.

The anatomy and physiology of the human body / by John and Charles Bell.

On the organs of the human voice / by Sir Charles Bell.

On the motions of the eye, in illustration of the uses of the muscles and nerves of the orbit / [Sir Charles Bell].

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