The hand : its mechanism and vital endowments as evincing design.
- Charles Bell
- Date:
- 1834
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: The hand : its mechanism and vital endowments as evincing design. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Glasgow Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Glasgow Library.
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![Scansores. Etym. scando, to climb. Parrot; wood-pecker; toucan. Gallinee. Etym. gallina, a hen. Peacock ; pheasant; pigeon. Gralke. Etym. grallse, stilts. Ostrich; stork; ibis; flamingo. Palmipedes. Etym. palma, the palm of the hand; pes, foot. Swan ; pelican ; gull. Third Class. Reptiles. Chelonia. Etym. x&vg, chelys, a tortoise. Tortoise; turtle. Sauria. Etym. aavpa, saura, a lizard. Crocodile; alli- gator ; chameleon; dragon ; pterodactyle {irrepov, pteron, a wing ; laKrvXoQ, dactylus, a finger) ; ichthyosaurus (ixdvg, ichthys, a fish ; aavpa, saura, a lizard) ; plesio- saurus (nXeoiov, plesion, near to ; aavpa, saura, a reptile, resembling a reptile more than a fish); megalosaurus (fieyaXr], megale, great; aavpa, saura, a reptile) ; iguan- odon ; hylaeosaurus (vXtj, hyle, wood or weald, aavpa). Ophidia. Etym. o(pig, ophis, a serpent. Boa ; viper. Batrachia. Etym. (jarpa^oQ, batrachos, a frog. Frog; salamander; proteus. Fourth Class. Fishes. Chondropterygii. Etym. xovdpog, chondros, gristle ; irrtpvl, pteryx, the ray of a fin. Ray; sturgeon; shark; lamprey; ammocete (afifiog, qmmos, sand; ketoq, cetos, a fish.) Plectognathi. Etym. itXekw,pleco, to join ; yvadocgnathos, the jaw. Sun-fish; trunk-fish. Lophobranchi. Etym. Xotpog, lophos, a loop; (ipay^ia, branchia, the gills. Pipe-fish; pegasus. Malacopterygii. Etym. fiaXaKoq, malakos, soft; TrrepvS, pteryx, the ray of a fin. Salmon; trout; cod; herring; remora. Acanthopterygii. Etym. aicavda, acantha, a thorn ; vrepvt, pteryx, the ray of a fin. Perch ; sword-fish ; mackarel; lophius piscatorius (\0</>ia, lophia, a pennant; piscator, a fisher); chsetodon rostratus (xcu^, chcete, hair; oSwv, odon, a tooth ; rostratus, beaked); zeas ciliaris (cilium, an eye-lash).](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21470182_0365.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
