Sir Charles Bell

His Life, Art, Neurological Concepts, and Controversial Legacy

Michael J Aminoff (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

264 Seiten

2016
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-061496-6 (ISBN)

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Sir Charles Bell (1774-1842), the Scottish anatomist-surgeon, was a true polymath. His original ideas on the nervous system have been likened to those of William Harvey on the circulation of blood, and his privately published pamphlet detailing his ideas about the brain has been called the Magna Carta of neurology. He described the separate functions of different parts of the nervous system, new nerves and muscles, and several previously unrecognized neurological disorders, and he characterized the features of the facial palsy and its associated features now named after him. His sketches and paintings of the wounded from the Napoleonic Wars and his essays on the anatomical basis of expression changed the way art students are taught and influenced British and European artists, particularly the Pre-Raphaelites. He was a renowned medical teacher who founded his own private medical school, took over the famous Hunterian school, and helped establish the University of London and the Middlesex Hospital Medical School. So how is it that a man of such influence is virtually unknown today by most neuroscientists, biologists, and clinicians?

Sir Charles Bell: His Life, Art, Neurological Concepts, and Controversial Legacy discusses the work and teachings of this brilliant man. His reputation was tarnished by charges of intellectual dishonesty and fraud, but his work changed the way scientists and clinicians think about the nervous system and its operation in health and disease, led directly to the work of Charles Darwin on facial expressions, and influenced the way artists view the human body and depict illnesses and wounds. Masterfully written by Dr. Michael J. Aminoff in his signature approachable style, this is the perfect addition to any library of medical history.

Dr. Aminoff was born in England and educated at University College London. He moved to California in 1974, where he has been Professor of Neurology at the University of California School of Medicine since 1982. He is well known as a neurologist, clinical neurophysiologist, educator, clinical investigator, author, journal editor, and medical historian. He has authored books on various neurological topics as well as edited several comprehensive textbooks that are widely used and have gone into several editions.

Preface
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 In the Beginning
Chapter 3 London and the Great Windmill Street School
Chapter 4 Anatomy of the Expression of Emotions
Chapter 5 Behind the Glories of War
Chapter 6 Swings and Roundabouts
Chapter 7 In and Out of the Central Nervous System
Chapter 8 The Organization of the Nervous System
Chapter 9 Clinical Observations on the Nervous System
Chapter 10 For God and Country
Chapter 11 New Classrooms: Old Struggles
Chapter 12 The Ebbing Tide
Chapter 13 To Each His Due
Appendix 1 Books Authored by Charles Bell
Appendix 2 Charles Bell's Published Papers and Lectures
Appendix 3 The Drawings and Paintings of Charles Bell
Appendix 4 Reprint of Bell's Most Famous Publication, Idea of a New Anatomy of the Brain

Erscheinungsdatum	04.10.2016
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	236 x 155 mm
Gewicht	522 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Biopsychologie / Neurowissenschaften
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Neurologie
	Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Geschichte / Ethik der Medizin
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Humanbiologie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zoologie
ISBN-10	0-19-061496-X / 019061496X
ISBN-13	978-0-19-061496-6 / 9780190614966
Zustand	Neuware