The hand : its mechanism and vital endowments as evincing design
By: by Sir Charles Bell
Contributors: Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
Edition: Second edition.
Series: Bridgewater Treatises
Publisher: William Pickering
Published: 1833
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 314
Subjects: Hand - anatomy & histology; Natural theology
Notes: Refr: Wellcome II, p136; Norman 175 (1st) Note: "Charles Bell was one of the large group of Scottish surgeon-anatomists who left Edinburgh during the 18th century and enriched the medical and scientific life of London." (Haymaker & Schiller: The founders of neurology). A classic work on the hand, dealing with its anatomy, physiology, bio-mechanics, adaptive importance, etc.

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