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the position he was to occupy in scientific pursuits. 

 His accomplishments were apparent in several depart- 

 ments of learning. His publication of a series of 

 plates displaying the brain, with notes, showed that 

 he was in advance of the old masters in neurological 

 studies ; and the compilation of his " Anatomical 

 Demonstrations," placed him in the front rank of de- 

 lineators. As a surgeon, he had few if any superiors; 

 and as an author he stood among the best. Although 

 he carried on his studies, experiments and instructions, 

 concurrently, the leading labors of the scientist may 

 be considered separately. Charles Bell first distin- 

 guished himself in anatomy, physiology and surgery ; 

 he then became eminent as a neurologist, making 

 brilliant discoveries in regard to the nervous system; 

 and thirdly, he attained a conspicuous place in art 

 anatomy, becoming a master in- the delineation of ex- 

 pression. His work on The Anatomy and Philosophy 

 of Expression, as connected with the Fine Arts, is now 

 the best know T n and the most valuable of his produc- 

 tions. A fourth edition of the work was published in 

 1851, by Henry G. Bonn, Covent Garden, London, 

 and sells for about fifteen dollars. The illustrations 

 are from the pencil of the author, and mostly from 

 life or nature. They graphically represent the play of 

 the passions, every grade being represented, from the 

 winning smile, to the startling horror of the mad- 

 house. 



Upon the accession of William IV. to the throne 

 of England, his illustrious ministry, in accordance 

 with the suggestion and sanction of the sovereign, 

 proposed to confer the distinction of knighthood a 

 Guelphic order upon the meritorious of a limited 

 number of the most eminent men of science then liv- 



