The hand : its mechanism and vital endowments, as evincing design / by Sir Charles Bell.

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1852
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The hand : its mechanism and vital endowments, as evincing design / by Sir Charles Bell. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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London : J. Murray, 1852.

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xvi, 428 pages : illustrations, plate.

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5th ed., rev., with woodcuts.

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Cont: With a portrait of the author Desc: With a half title 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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