The right hand: left-handedness / [Sir Daniel Wilson].

  • Daniel Wilson
Date:
1891
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Credit: The right hand: left-handedness / [Sir Daniel Wilson]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    THE HAND The hand is one of the most distinctive character- istics of man. Without its special organisation he would be for all practical purposes inferior to many other animals. It is the executive por- tion of the upper limb whereby the limits of his capacity as “the tool-user” are determined. As such, it is the active agent of the primary sense of touch, the organ of the will, the in- strument which works harmoniously with brain and heart, and by means of which imagination and idealism are translated into fact. With- out it man’s intellectual superiority would be to a large extent abortive. In its combina- tion of strength with delicacy, it is an index of character in all its variations in man and woman B