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Charles Bell
Also known as Sir Charles Bell, Sir Bell
Scottish physician, painter and theologian (1774–1842)
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- United States
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- 1930-09-23
- Active to
- 2004-06-10
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Sir Charles Bell KH FRS FRSE FRCSE MWS (12 November 1774 – 28 April 1842) was a Scottish surgeon, anatomist, physiologist, neurologist, artist, and philosophical theologian. Bell discovered the difference between sensory nerves and motor nerves in the spinal cord, and also described Bell's palsy.
His three older brothers included Robert Bell (1757–1816) a Writer to the Signet, John Bell (1763–1820), also a noted surgeon and writer; and the advocate George Joseph Bell (1770–1843) who became a professor of law at the University of Edinburgh and a principal clerk at the Court of Session.
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1774 births1842 deaths19th-century Scottish surgeonsAcademics of the University of EdinburghAlumni of the University of EdinburghAuthors of the Bridgewater TreatisesBritish fellows of the Royal SocietyBritish neurologistsBritish neuroscientistsCommittee members of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful KnowledgeFellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh