Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 1304

SIR CHARLES BELL (1774-1842) An essay on the forces which circulate the blood; being an examination of the differences of the motions of the fluids in living and dead vessels. Printed for Messrs. Longman and Co. 1819 viii, 83 pp. 17.5 cm.

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

A monograph of only eighty-three small pages, this book shows Bell to be not only a remarkable surgeon and artist, but a most literate and gracious writer as well. It is dedicated to Dr. John Abernethy (see No. 1193 ff.).

See Related Record(s): 1193

Cited references: Wellcome II, p. 136

Gift of John Martin, M.D.