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Bell Taylor
Born2 September 1829
Nottingham
Died14 April 1909
Beechwood Hall
Occupation(s)Surgeon, writer

Charles Bell Taylor (2 September 1829 – 14 April 1909) was an English

Contagious Diseases Act and vivisection
.

Early life

Born in Nottingham on 2 September 1829, he was son of Charles Taylor by his wife Elizabeth Ann Galloway; his father and brother were veterinary surgeons in the town. After brief employment in the lace warehouse of his uncle, William Galloway, he apprenticed himself to Thomas Godfrey, a surgeon at Mansfield.[1]

Medical career

Taylor was admitted member of the

Society of Apothecaries in 1855. He graduated M.D. at the University of Edinburgh in 1854, and in 1867 he obtained the diploma of fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. In 1854 Taylor was pursuing medical studies in Paris. He acted for some time as medical superintendent at the Walton Lodge Asylum, Liverpool, then in 1859 returned to Nottingham, where he lived for the rest of his life. In that year he joined the staff of the newly established Nottingham and Midland Eye Infirmary.[1]

Especially in cases of cataract, Taylor gained a high reputation as a surgeon, and an international practice. He always operated by artificial light, would not use chloroform, and never employed a qualified assistant.[1] His patients included Mary Gove Nichols, to whom he restored full sight in 1868.[2]

Opponent of the Contagious Diseases Act (1869)

Taylor took a prominent, and professionally unpopular, part in securing the repeal of the Contagious Diseases Act.

Social Science Congress in Bristol a paper against the Act, and was turned down. He then organised a fringe meeting on the opening day of the Congress, attended by 70.[4]

Views

Taylor was also a determined opponent of vivisection and

individualist.[1]

Death and will

Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.[1]

Selected publications

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f Lee, Sidney, ed. (1912). "Taylor, Charles Bell" . Dictionary of National Biography (2nd supplement). Vol. 3. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
  2. ISBN 978-0-8018-6848-1
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  3. ISBN 978-1-136-24776-7
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  4. ^
    ISBN 978-1-139-43301-3
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  5. ISBN 978-0-521-27064-9
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Attribution Wikisource This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Lee, Sidney, ed. (1912). "Taylor, Charles Bell". Dictionary of National Biography (2nd supplement). Vol. 3. London: Smith, Elder & Co.

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