An Interactive Annotated World Bibliography of Printed and Digital Works in the History of Medicine and the Life Sciences from Circa 2000 BCE to 2022 by Fielding H. Garrison (1870-1935), Leslie T. Morton (1907-2004), and Jeremy M. Norman (1945- ) Traditionally Known as “Garrison-Morton”

15961 entries, 13944 authors and 1935 subjects. Updated: March 22, 2024

BELL, Joseph

1 entries
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Paraffin epithelioma of the scrotum.

Edinb. med. J., 22, 135-37, 1876.

Shale oil shown to be a cause of skin cancer. A teacher of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Bell was the model for the character of Sherlock Holmes.



Subjects: DERMATOLOGY › Dermatopathology, DERMATOLOGY › Skin Cancer, LITERATURE / Philosophy & Medicine & Biology, OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH & MEDICINE