19th century surgeon Dr Joseph Bell was the inspiration for which literary character?
Joseph Bell Joseph Bell Joseph Bell FRCSE (2 December 1837 – 4 October 1911) was a Scottish surgeon and lecturer at the medical school of the University of Edinburgh in the 19th century. He is best known as an inspiration for the literary character Sherlock Holmes. Bell was the son of Cecilia Barbara Craigie (1813-1882) and Benjamin Bell (1810-1883), and a great-grandson of Benjamin Bell, considered to be the first Scottish scientific surgeon. In his instruction, Joseph Bell emphasised the importance of close observation in making a diagnosis. To illustrate this, he would often pick a stranger, and by observing him, deduce
John Bell (surgeon) John Bell (surgeon) John Bell (12 May 176315 April 1820) was a Scottish anatomist and surgeon. Bell was born in Edinburgh, Scotland; an elder brother of Sir Charles Bell. After completing his professional education at Edinburgh, he carried on from 1790 in Surgeons' Square an anatomical lecture-theatre, where, in spite of much opposition, due partly to the unconservative character of his teaching, he attracted large audiences by his lectures, in which he was for a time assisted by his younger brother Charles. From 1793 to 1795, he published "Discourses on the Nature and Cure of Wounds". He is considered, along