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Hand - Anatomy

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  • Bones of the human hand and wrist, and of the elbow joint (recto); head of a man (verso). Drawing by a draftsman of the school of Michelangelo.
  • Bones of the human hand and wrist, and of the elbow joint (recto); head of a man (verso). Drawing by a draftsman of the school of Michelangelo.
  • Muscles and bones of the hand. Colour mezzotint by A. E. Gautier d'Agoty after himself, 1773.
  • The bones of the hand (fig.1: palmar; fig. 2: dorsal) and the wrist (fig. 3: detail of carpal bones). Engraving after G. de Lairesse, 1739.
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    The bones of the hand (fig.1: palmar; fig. 2: dorsal) and the wrist (fig. 3: detail of carpal bones). Engraving after G. de Lairesse, 1739.

    Lairesse, Gérard de, 1640-1711. | Date: 1739] | Reference: 28382i
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    On the difference in the mode of ossification of the first and other metacarpal and metatarsal bones / by Allen Thomson.

    Thomson, Allen, 1809-1884. | Date: [1868?]
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    Bones of the human hand and wrist, and of the elbow joint (recto); head of a man (verso). Drawing by a draftsman of the school of Michelangelo.

    Michelangelo Buonarroti, 1475-1564. | Date: [between 1500 and 1599] | Reference: 44357i
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    The hand : its mechanism and vital endowments, as evincing design / by Charles Bell.

    Bell, Charles, Sir, 1774-1842. | Date: 1860
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    Skiagraphic atlas showing the development of the bones of the wrist and hand : for the use of students and others / by John Poland.

    Poland, John, 1855-1937. | Date: 1898
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