bell, sir charles
Scottish anatomist whose New Idea of Anatomy of the Brain (1811) has been called the "Magna Carta of neurology." A graduate of the University of Edinburgh, Bell went to London (1804), where he held surgical and teaching posts. In 1829 he received a medal from the Royal Society; he was knighted in 1831. He returned to Edinburgh in 1836 to accept the chair of surgery at the university.
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