Historical Bibliography Updated: July 14, 2026
The nervous system of the human body. [2nd ed.]
London: Longmans, 1830.
Records Bell’s demonstration that the fifth cranial nerve has a sensory-motor function, his discovery of “Bell’s nerve” and the motor nerve of the face, lesion of which causes facial paralysis (Bell’s palsy). Bell was preceded in some of these discoveries by Mayo (No. 1390). Also includes the first description of myotonia. First edition, 1824.
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| Entry Number | #1258 |
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| External URL | the-nervous-system-of-the-human-body-2nd-ed |
Geographic Context
Publication place: London