Illustrations of the Great Operations or…

First edition, 1821 of this famous medical book on surgery with 20 etched plates. This is the first issue with the date and publisher’s name Hurst on the title page. The remarkable illustrations were engraved by Thomas Landseer after original drawings by the author.

References;

Garrison-Morton 558. Norman 174.

Charles Bell had the following named after him;

Bell’s (external respiratory) nerve: The long thoracic nerve. Bell’s palsy: a unilateral idiopathic paralysis of facial muscles due to a lesion of the facial nerve.

Bell’s phenomenon: A normal defense mechanism—upward and outward movement of the eye which occurs when an individual closes their eyes forcibly. It can be appreciated clinically in a patient with paralysis of the orbicularis oculi (e.g. Guillain-Barre or Bell’s palsy), as the eyelid remains elevated when the patient tries to close the eye.

Bell’s spasm: Involuntary twitching of the facial muscles.

Bell-Magendie law or Bell’s Law: States that the anterior branch of spinal nerve roots contain only motor fibers and the posterior roots contain only sensory fibers.