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

London : William Pickering, 1833.

xvi,314 pages : illustrations.

Second edition.

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

This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.