Sir Charles Bell: His Life, Art, Neurological Concepts, and Controversial Legacy

by Michael J. Aminoff

Sir Charles Bell (1774-1842), the Scottish anatomist-surgeon, was a true polymath. His original ideas on the nervous system have been likened to those of William Harvey on the circulation of blood, and his privately published pamphlet detailing his ideas about the brain has been called the Magna Carta of neurology. He described the separate functions of different parts of the nervous system, new nerves and muscles, and several previously unrecognized...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019061496X
• ISBN13: 9780190614966
• Release Date: September 2016
• Publisher: Oxford Univ PR
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.3"