Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 1082

BENJAMIN BELL (1749-1806) A treatise on gonorrhoea virulenta, and lues venerea. Printed for Robert Campbell 1795 Vol. I: xii [17]-220 pp.; Vol. II: 250, xv pp. 21 cm.

For more information on this author or work, see number: 1078

Although chiefly regarded as a surgeon, Bell's interests extended to clinical medicine and pathology as well. In this treatise on gonorrhea which was first published in Edinburgh in 1793, he delineates the clinical distinction between gonorrhea and syphilis, although it remained for Ricord (see No. 1621 ff.) to prove their separate identity. This is the first American edition.

See Related Record(s): 1621

Cited references: Austin 177; Cushing B253; Garrison-Morton 2378 (1st Edinburgh ed., 1793); Waller 845 (1st ed.)