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. London: 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.