THE HAND.
Its mechanism and vital endowments as evincing design. Pp. 8(publisher's catalogue, dated 1834)+xvi+348, publisher's device on title page, text illustrations, appendix; dark blue cloth with printed paper title label on spine, the boards lightly scuffed, fore-corners worn, upper joint starting and lower joint cracked, the spine faded and with small chips or splits to extremities; uncut; early inked signature on blank preliminary leaf, hinges starting, a few pages faintly creased, a little light foxing and occasional slight soiling; William Pickering, London, 1834. Third edition. *First published in 1833 as the fourth volume of Bridgewater Treatises. Sir Charles Bell (1774-1842) was a Scottish surgeon, anatomist, physiologist, neurologist, artist, and philosophical theologian. He was the first professor of Anatomy and Surgery at the College of Surgeons in London and helped establish the Medical School at the University of London. Later he was Professor of Surgery at the University of Edinburgh. Item #148360
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