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BELL, Sir Charles (1774-1842) Sir Charles Bell, The anatomy of the brain explained in a series of plates, 1823. Plate 1, watercolour drawing of the brain. Sir Charles Bell (1774-1842) published the first edition of 'The Anatomy of the Brain' in 1802. This later manuscript copy is almost certainly not by Bell himself, who would have had no motive to laboriously recreate in ink and watercolour a work that he had already published, but by another individual with an interest in the anatomy and function of the brain. Bell worked mainly on corpses, but he did conduct some neurological experiments on living animals, cutting or stimulating nerves to determine the localisation of brain function: he could see no other means of demonstrating his belief in the differential function of the cerebrum and cerebellum, based on his work as a dissector. He established the basic distinction between anterior and posterior roots of the spinal nerves, which were later shown to govern movement and sensation respectively. This plate shows the 'general anatomy and subdivisions of the brain... [and] represents the scull cap taken off'. Archives & Manuscripts |
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