THE HAND;

ITS MECHANISM AND VITAL ENDOWMENTS, AS EVINCING DESIGN.

FORMING THE FOURTH BRIDGEWATER TREATISE.

LONDON PRINTED BY WILLIAM CLOWES AND SONS, STAMFORD STREET

AND CHARING CROSS.

THE HAND;

ITS MECHANISM AND VITAL ENDOWMENTS,

AS EVINCING DESIGN.

BY SIR CHARLES BELL,

K.G.H., F.R.S. L. & E.

Sebenth Edition, Rebised.

PRECEDED BY AN ACCOUNT OF THE AUTHOR'S DISCOVERIES
ON THE NERVOUS SYSTEM,

BY ALEXANDER SHAW, c.

SURGEON TO THE MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL.

LONDON:

BELL & DALDY, YORK STREET, COVENT GARDEN,

AND 186 FLEET STREET.

1865.