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ing, and than whom few greater have since obtained 

 the honorable title. The persons selected to be the 

 recipients of the dignity were Charles Bell, John Her- 

 shel, David Brewster, John Leslie, James Ivory and 

 Mr. Baggage, the latter declining the honor for as- 

 signed reasons. 



The publications of Sir Charles Bell show in brief 

 the nature and extent of his literaiy, professional and 

 scientific labors. His first publication was, A System 

 of Dissections, explaining the Anatomy of the Human 

 Body, the Manner of Displaying the Parts and their Va- 

 rieties in Disease. The first volume a folio appeared 

 in 1799, and the second in 1801. The plates are all 

 from drawings made by the author, and give faithful 

 representations of the different parts of the human 

 body as the} 7 appear on dissection. The folio size was 

 found to be inconvenient for student's use, therefore 

 the letter-press form, with illustrations reduced, was 

 issued in 1809. 



The next book was dual in authorship. It is 

 titled, A System of Anatomy, by John and Charles Bell. 

 This, being out of print, is getting rare, and to be 

 found only on the shelves of dealers in second-hand 

 books. I advise the lover of old books to be on the 

 look out for this production. "For happiness of ex- 

 pression, elegance of style, knowledge of the views of 

 former anatomists and physiologists, and accuracy of 

 description, I know of no work with which it can be 

 compared." (Pettigrew.) 



In 1807, Charles Bell published A System, of Op- 

 erative Surgery, founded on the basis of Anatomy, in 

 two volumes. This surgical publication is a faithful 

 representation of the surgery of the time, and is very 

 happily illustrated by the author, who exhibited a 



