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BELL, Joseph (1837 – 1911)

BELL, Joseph (1837 – 1911)

1837 – 1911

1 entries in the GMN corpus.

Image source J.M.E. Saxby · [1] [2] · Public domain

1876 CE

#2127.1

Paraffin epithelioma of the scrotum.

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.