Hall, Marshall

1790–1857 British physician who through his private research made significant contributions to the development of physiology, especially the concept of reflex action.

Keywords: neurophysiology; reflex action; animal experimentation; code of ethics; Royal Society London

 Further Reading
    book Hall M (1831) A Critical and Experimental Essay on the Circulation of the Blood; Especially as Observed in the Minute and Capillary Vessels of the Batrachia and of Fishes. London: RB Seeley and W Burnside.
    book Hall M (1834) The Principles of Diagnosis, 2nd edn. London: Sherwood, Gilbert and Piper.
    book Hall M (1837) Memoirs on the Nervous System. London: Sherwood, Gilbert and Piper.
    book Hall M (1840) Medicine, its Divisions, its Rewards, and its Reforms: Being the Annual Oration Delivered at the British Medical Association on the 8th of October, 1840, 2nd edn. London: J Mallett.
    book Hall M (1850) Synopsis of the Diastaltic Nervous System; or the System of the Spinal Marrow, and its Reflex Arcs; as the Nervous Agent in all the Functions of Ingestion and of Egestion in the Animal Economy, 2nd edn. London: Joseph Mallett.
    book Hall M (1854) The Two-Fold Slavery of the United States; with a Project of Self-Emancipation. London: Adam Scott.
    book Hall C (1861) Memoirs of Marshall Hall, by his Widow. London: Richard Bentley.
    book Manuel DE (1996) Marshall Hall (1790–1857): Science and Medicine in Early Victorian Society. Wellcome Institute Series in The History of Medicine. Amsterdam: Rodopi.
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Manuel, Diana E(Apr 2001) Hall, Marshall. In: eLS. John Wiley & Sons Ltd, Chichester. http://www.els.net [doi: 10.1038/npg.els.0003065]