charles bell's stay in edinburgh did not last long due to an infamous feud between john bell and two faculty members at the university of edinburgh: alexander monro secundus and john gregory. john gregory was the chairman of the royal infirmary and had declared that only six full-time surgical staff members would be appointed to work at the infirmary. the bell brothers were not selected and thus barred from practicing medicine at the royal infirmary. charles bell, who was not directly involved in his brother's feuds, attempted to make a deal with the faculty of the university of edinburgh by offering the university one hundred guineas and his museum of anatomy in exchange for allowing him to observe and sketch the operations performed at the royal infirmary, but this deal was rejected.