BELL, Benjamin (1749 – 1806)
1749 – 1806
3 entries in the GMN corpus.
Image source Henry Raeburn · Raeburn to Redpath booklet by Bourne Fine Art, Edinburgh, UK · Public domain
1778
#5578
A treatise on the theory and management of ulcers.
Important classification of ulcers.
1783 –1788
#5579
A system of surgery. 6 vols.
Bell studied under the Monros at Edinburgh. He was surgeon to the Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, for 29 years. He improved the methods of amputation, introducing the “triple incision of Bell”. Above is his best work.
1793
#2378
A treatise on gonorrhoea virulenta, and lues venerea. 2 vols.
Bell was the first to differentiate between gonorrhoea and syphilis.