Sir Charles Bell
His Life, Art, Neurological Concepts, and Controversial Legacy
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP USA
- Date of Publication 27 October 2016
- ISBN 9780190614966
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages264 pages
- Size 236x155x20 mm
- Weight 522 g
- Language English 0
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Short description:
Sir Charles Bell (1774-1842), the Scottish anatomist-surgeon, was a true polymath. His original ideas on the nervous system have been likened to those of William Harvey on the circulation of blood, and his privately published pamphlet detailing his ideas about the brain has been called the Magna Carta of neurology. He described the separate functions of different parts of the nervous system, new nerves and muscles, and several previously unrecognized neurological disorders, and he characterized the features of the facial palsy and its associated features now named after him. His sketches and paintings of the wounded from the Napoleonic Wars and his essays on the anatomical basis of expression changed the way art students are taught and influenced British and European artists, particularly the Pre-Raphaelites. He was a renowned medical teacher who founded his own private medical school, took over the famous Hunterian school, and helped establish the University of London and the Middlesex Hospital Medical School. So how is it that a man of such influence is virtually unknown today by most neuroscientists, biologists, and clinicians? Sir Charles Bell: His Life, Art, Neurological Concepts, and Controversial Legacy discusses the work and teachings of this brilliant man.
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Sir Charles Bell (1774-1842), the Scottish anatomist-surgeon, was a true polymath. His original ideas on the nervous system have been likened to those of William Harvey on the circulation of blood, and his privately published pamphlet detailing his ideas about the brain has been called the Magna Carta of neurology. He described the separate functions of different parts of the nervous system, new nerves and muscles, and several previously unrecognized neurological disorders, and he characterized the features of the facial palsy and its associated features now named after him. His sketches and paintings of the wounded from the Napoleonic Wars and his essays on the anatomical basis of expression changed the way art students are taught and influenced British and European artists, particularly the Pre-Raphaelites. He was a renowned medical teacher who founded his own private medical school, took over the famous Hunterian school, and helped establish the University of London and the Middlesex Hospital Medical School. So how is it that a man of such influence is virtually unknown today by most neuroscientists, biologists, and clinicians?
Sir Charles Bell: His Life, Art, Neurological Concepts, and Controversial Legacy discusses the work and teachings of this brilliant man. His reputation was tarnished by charges of intellectual dishonesty and fraud, but his work changed the way scientists and clinicians think about the nervous system and its operation in health and disease, led directly to the work of Charles Darwin on facial expressions, and influenced the way artists view the human body and depict illnesses and wounds. Masterfully written by Dr. Michael J. Aminoff in his signature approachable style, this is the perfect addition to any library of medical history.
With warmth and knowledge, Michael Aminoff provides a well-rounded summary of the life and career of Sir Charles Bell. The reader enters the world of early 19th century London, travels alongside Bell through the scientific and medical avenues of descriptive neuroanatomy, and enters several darker alleys of controversy. The journey unveils provocative historical questions and new insights related to this important, largely-forgotten scientific and medical figure.
Table of Contents:
Preface
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 In the Beginning
Chapter 3 London and the Great Windmill Street School
Chapter 4 Anatomy of the Expression of Emotions
Chapter 5 Behind the Glories of War
Chapter 6 Swings and Roundabouts
Chapter 7 In and Out of the Central Nervous System
Chapter 8 The Organization of the Nervous System
Chapter 9 Clinical Observations on the Nervous System
Chapter 10 For God and Country
Chapter 11 New Classrooms: Old Struggles
Chapter 12 The Ebbing Tide
Chapter 13 To Each His Due
Appendix 1 Books Authored by Charles Bell
Appendix 2 Charles Bell's Published Papers and Lectures
Appendix 3 The Drawings and Paintings of Charles Bell
Appendix 4 Reprint of Bell's Most Famous Publication, Idea of a New Anatomy of the Brain
