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Charles Bell: Watercolour of wounded soldier, Waterloo, 1815 (

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Alternative names	Signe de Charles Bell; Bell's Law; Bell-Magendie law; Bell-Magendie's Law; Batas na Bell at Magendie; Gat Charles Bell; Batas ni Charles Bell; Bell Law; Ginoong Charles Bell; Batas Charles Bell; Batas Bell at Magendie; G. Charles Bell; Law of Bell and Magendie; Sir Charles Bell; Batas na Bell-Magendie; Batas Bell Magendie; Batas Bell-Magendie; Bell; Sir Bell
Description	British anatomist, neuroscientist, surgeon, writer, physician and university teacher Scottish surgeon and artist
Date of birth/death	12 November 1774	28 April 1842
Location of birth/death	Edinburgh	Worcester
Work location	Edinburgh; London; Scotland
Authority file	: Q451727 VIAF: 2619993 ISNI: 0000000080823007 ULAN: 500009683 LCCN: n81149818 NLA: 36356551 WorldCat

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Watercolour of wounded soldier, Waterloo, 1815

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Soldier with missing arm, lying on his side, grasping a rope; inscribed "XIII, Waterloo...". This is one of a series of watercolours by the surgeon Charles Bell (1774-1842) of wounded soldiers from the battle of Waterloo. Bell had hurried from London to Brussels in June 1815 to assist in treating the wounded. At the same time he filled a sketchbook with interesting cases which were subsequently worked up as watercolour paintings for teaching purposes.

This man's left arm had been torn off by an exploding shell. An army surgeon had tied a ligature round his axillary artery to prevent bleeding, apparently on the battlefield itself. Other casualties were not so fortunate and bled to death before they could be treated. The soldier holds a rope in his right hand to help him manoeuvre his body. We know that this patient made a good recovery from later reports sent to Bell by the surgeon left in charge after he returned to London.

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Short title	L0022539 Watercolour of wounded soldier, Waterloo, 1815
Author	Wellcome Library, London
Headline	L0022539 Watercolour of wounded soldier, Waterloo, 1815
Copyright holder	Copyrighted work available under Creative Commons Attribution only licence CC BY 4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Image title	L0022539 Watercolour of wounded soldier, Waterloo, 1815 Credit: Wellcome Library, London. Wellcome Images images@wellcome.ac.uk http://wellcomeimages.org Soldier with missing arm, lying on his side, grasping a rope; inscribed "XIII, Waterloo...". This is one of a series of watercolours by the surgeon Charles Bell (1774-1842) of wounded soldiers from the battle of Waterloo. Bell had hurried from London to Brussels in June 1815 to assist in treating the wounded. At the same time he filled a sketchbook with interesting cases which were subsequently worked up as watercolour paintings for teaching purposes. This man's left arm had been torn off by an exploding shell. An army surgeon had tied a ligature round his axillary artery to prevent bleeding, apparently on the battlefield itself. Other casualties were not so fortunate and bled to death before they could be treated. The soldier holds a rope in his right hand to help him manoeuvre his body. We know that this patient made a good recovery from later reports sent to Bell by the surgeon left in charge after he returned to London. Watercolour 11 August 1815 By: Charles BellPublished: - Copyrighted work available under Creative Commons Attribution only licence CC BY 4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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