Although the surgeon-anatomist John Bell (1763–1820) was a popular teacher, he functioned not only outside, but also in direct opposition to, the Edinburgh medical establishment. This talk examines what it meant to practice anatomy in late 18th- and early 19th-century Edinburgh outside the university and without its sanction. Conflict with the establishment shaped Bell’s teaching possibilities, and teaching was central to his ideas about developing anatomy as a science.
Carin Berkowitz is associate director of the Beckman Center at CHF.
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