(1774-1842) Renowned surgeon, anatomist and artist, who
discovered Bell's palsy, paralysis of the facial nerve, the nerve that supplies
the facial muscles on one side of the face. Bell waa a great neurologist and made
many of the early discoveries in neurology including the Mona Lisa syndrome, the
facial muscle contracture that develops after Bell’s palsy when the facial nerves
has undergone partial degeneration and then has regenerated, resulting in a Mona
Lisa-like smile.
Born in Scotland, Charles Bell came to London in 1804. There he built up a private
teaching practice and then bought the Great Windmill Street School of Anatomy founded
by William Hunter. Bell produced many anatomical drawings and watercolors, some
of the most important of which were produced while he was a medical officer at the
Battle of Waterloo in 1815. Bell was associated with the Middlesex Hospital, the
Royal College of Surgeons, the University of London (now University College London,
and established the Medical School at The Middlesex Hospital.
In 1829 Bell received the first medal awarded by the Royal Society (50 guineas)
and was knighted by the King. He was considered the foremost physician and scientist
of his day in England. Nonetheless he accepted an invitation to become professor
of surgery in Edinburgh and in 1836 left London for as he said: "London was good
place to live in but not to die in". Another reason for his return to Scotland was
his love of flyfishing! So it was that Bell died where he was born -- in Scotland.
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