Sir Charles Bell

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gptkbp:instanceOf surgeon
anatomist
neurologist
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:Royal_College_of_Surgeons_of_Edinburgh
gptkb:Royal_Society_of_Edinburgh
gptkb:Royal_Society
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:University_of_Edinburgh
gptkbp:awards Royal_Society_Fellow
gptkbp:born August 12, 1774
gptkbp:children gptkb:Charles_Bell_Jr.
gptkbp:contribution discovery of the function of the facial nerve
differentiation of sensory and motor nerves
Bell's_law_of_the_spinal_cord
gptkbp:died April 28, 1842
gptkbp:field medicine
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Sir Charles Bell
gptkbp:image Charles_Bell_portrait.jpg
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Charles_Darwin
gptkb:John_Hughlings_Jackson
Thomas Huxley
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:John_Hunter
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:Bell's_palsy
anatomy of the nervous system
gptkbp:legacy influence on anatomy education
influence on medical illustration
influence on modern neurology
influence on surgical techniques
influence on the understanding of facial nerve functions
influence on the study of the nervous system
Bell's_law_of_the_spinal_cord
Bell's_palsy_named_after_him
Bell's_phenomenon
gptkbp:nationality Scottish
gptkbp:notableFeature gptkb:Sir_William_MacCormac
gptkb:James_Syme
gptkb:William_Turner
gptkbp:occupation physician
gptkbp:placeOfBirth gptkb:Edinburgh,_Scotland
gptkbp:placeOfDeath gptkb:London,_England
gptkbp:researchField physiology
surgery
neuroscience
anatomy
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Mary_Bell
gptkbp:work The Hand
The Anatomy of Expression
The Nervous System