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Record Nr.

UNINA9910465909203321

Autore

Aminoff Michael J (Michael Jeffrey)

Titolo

Sir Charles Bell : his life, art, neurological concepts, and controversial legacy / / by Michael J. Aminoff

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2017

©2017

ISBN

0-19-061499-4

0-19-061497-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (265 p.)

Disciplina

617.092

Soggetti

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Appendix 2. Charles Bell's Published Papers and LecturesAppendix 3. The Drawings and Paintings of Charles Bell; Appendix 4. Idea of a New Anatomy of the Brain; About the Author; Index

Sommario/riassunto

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 p