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Robert Bell (physician)
Robert Bell FRFPS (6 January 1845 – 21 January 1926) was an English physician and medical writer. He specialised in gynaecology and oncology and was vice-president of the International Cancer Research Society. He was also a naturopath and published several books on cancer and other diseases. Bell was an advocate for alternative cancer treatments, including raw foodism, fruitarianism, and vegetarianism. In 1912, he was accused in the British Medical Journal of quackery. He successfully sued them for libel and was awarded £2000 damages.
Bell was born in Alnwick, Northumberland, on 6 January 1845. His parents were Scottish and his father was a tanner.
Bell was educated at Alnwick Grammar School. At the age of 15, he was apprenticed to a local medical practitioner. He went on to study for a M.B. and M.D. at the University of Glasgow. He also studied in Paris.
During his time at university, studied under highly esteemed individuals, including Lord Kelvin and Joseph Lister. As he transitioned to clinical practice, he took on the role of a dresser in one of Lister's wards.
Bell started practicing medicine in Glasgow in 1868. In 1870 he was elected a Fellow of the Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons, Glasgow, and was also a Licentiate of the Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh.
In 1876, he founded the Glasgow Hospital for Diseases Peculiar to Women (later the Glasgow Hospital for Women). He worked there for 21 years as a senior physician.
In the 1870s, Dr. Bell gained recognition for pioneering a new technique for treating diphtheria and creating a method to address smallpox that prevented the occurrence of secondary fever. By the 1880s, he identified a link between constipation and illness, coining the term "autotoxemia" to describe the absorption of toxins into the bloodstream.
Bell moved to London in 1904. In 1909, he declined an offer of a baronetcy from King Edward VII, who had a strong interest in the problem of cancer and who had read one of Bell's books on the subject. In the same year, Bell gave a speech on the benefits of a fruitarian diet at the newly opened international headquarters of the Order of the Golden Age in London. He also served as a council member of the Order and as vice president of the International Cancer Research Society.
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Robert Bell (physician)
Robert Bell FRFPS (6 January 1845 – 21 January 1926) was an English physician and medical writer. He specialised in gynaecology and oncology and was vice-president of the International Cancer Research Society. He was also a naturopath and published several books on cancer and other diseases. Bell was an advocate for alternative cancer treatments, including raw foodism, fruitarianism, and vegetarianism. In 1912, he was accused in the British Medical Journal of quackery. He successfully sued them for libel and was awarded £2000 damages.
Bell was born in Alnwick, Northumberland, on 6 January 1845. His parents were Scottish and his father was a tanner.
Bell was educated at Alnwick Grammar School. At the age of 15, he was apprenticed to a local medical practitioner. He went on to study for a M.B. and M.D. at the University of Glasgow. He also studied in Paris.
During his time at university, studied under highly esteemed individuals, including Lord Kelvin and Joseph Lister. As he transitioned to clinical practice, he took on the role of a dresser in one of Lister's wards.
Bell started practicing medicine in Glasgow in 1868. In 1870 he was elected a Fellow of the Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons, Glasgow, and was also a Licentiate of the Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh.
In 1876, he founded the Glasgow Hospital for Diseases Peculiar to Women (later the Glasgow Hospital for Women). He worked there for 21 years as a senior physician.
In the 1870s, Dr. Bell gained recognition for pioneering a new technique for treating diphtheria and creating a method to address smallpox that prevented the occurrence of secondary fever. By the 1880s, he identified a link between constipation and illness, coining the term "autotoxemia" to describe the absorption of toxins into the bloodstream.
Bell moved to London in 1904. In 1909, he declined an offer of a baronetcy from King Edward VII, who had a strong interest in the problem of cancer and who had read one of Bell's books on the subject. In the same year, Bell gave a speech on the benefits of a fruitarian diet at the newly opened international headquarters of the Order of the Golden Age in London. He also served as a council member of the Order and as vice president of the International Cancer Research Society.