Benjamin Bell
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title:
Benjamin Bell
text:
Benjamin Bell of Hunthill FRSE FRCSEd is considered to be the first Scottish scientific surgeon. He is commonly described as the father of the Edinburgh school of surgery, or the first of the Edinburgh scientific surgeons. He published medical works of significance, notably his surgical textbook A System of Surgery which became a best seller throughout Europe and in America. His treatise on venereal disease was one of the early works that suggested syphilis and gonorrhea were different diseases,
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Scottish surgeon (1749–1806)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Bell
date created:
2006-06-12T05:33:37Z
date modified:
2024-09-13T08:41:11Z
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