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Author: BELL, John

Biography:

BELL, John (d 1799: Salisbury and Winchester Journal)

He was an army surgeon and is not to be confused with his contemporary, the surgeon John Bell who has an entry in the ODNB. Unfortunately, very little known about John Bell, army surgeon. He was appointed surgeon to the 94th Regiment of Foot in 1780 and to the 5th Regiment on 17 Apr. 1784. His appointment to the garrison at Gibraltar was reported by the War Office on 7 Oct. 1797; he died at Gibraltar two years later. Notices of his death record that he was surgeon to the Emperor of Morocco. (Caledonian Mercury 22 Mar. 1780; London Medical Journal [1785]; A Short Narrative of the 5th Regiment of Foot [1873]; Kentish Weekly Post 13 Oct. 1797; Salisbury and Winchester Journal 7 Oct. 1799)

 

Books written (2):

new edition [London]: G. Kearsley, 1786