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Drawing, 'Disease of the spinal nerves' by C [Charles] Bell

Reference number: PT/74/7/2

Date: 1840

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Plate 9 showing a diseased spinal nerve, dissected to show the spinal marrow and a tumour. Inscribed with figure, publication, and plate details. Signed in graphite bottom left 'Drawn by Sir C Bell'. To the right of this, another graphite inscription reads 'Engraved by J [James] Basire'. An ink inscription verso reads 'Sir Chas. Bell'. Watermarked 'R Turner'.

Subject: Anatomy / Physiology

Published in Philosophical Transactions as part of paper titled 'On the nervous system' by Charles Bell.

Received by the Royal Society on 24 February 1840. Read 2 April 1840.

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PT/74/7/2
Earliest possible date
1840
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Graphite on paper
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Drawing

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Charles Bell

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Charles Bell, Drawing, 'Disease of the spinal nerves' by C [Charles] Bell, 1840, PT/74/7/2, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_74_7_2/drawing-disease-of-the-spinal-nerves-by-c-charles-bell, accessed on 17 January 2025

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    Dates: 1802-1865

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