in 1829, the windmill street school of anatomy was incorporated into the new king's college london. bell was invited to be its first professor of physiology, and helped establish the medical school at the university of london, gave the inaugural address when it formally opened, and even helped contribute to the requirements of its certification program. bell's stay at the medical school did not last long and he resigned from his chair due to differences of opinion with the academic staff. for the next seven years, bell gave clinical lectures at the middlesex hospital and in 1835 he accepted the position of the chair of surgery at the university of edinburgh following the premature death of prof john william turner.