Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 1303

SIR CHARLES BELL (1774-1842) Surgical observations. Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown 1816 Vol. I: x [2] 135 pp., 4 plates; [xiii]-xvi [137]-240 pp., [4] plates; [xvii]-xviii [2] [241]-364 pp., [2] plates; [xxi]-xxii [2] [365]-500 pp., [5] plates; Vol. II: xii, 140 pp., 5 plates. 21.1 cm.

For more information on this author or work, see number: 1294

This was the only collection of general surgical cases that Bell published. The cases cover a wide variety of surgical procedures and were taken from his private practice, the Windmill Street School, the Middlesex Hospital, and the Cancer Establishment. The work was issued in five parts.

Cited references: Wellcome II, p. 136 (Vol. I only)

Gift of John Martin, M.D.