Practical cheirosophy, a synoptical study of the science of the hand (1887)
Heron-Allen, Edward, 1861-1943 · New York and London, G. P. Putnam's sons · leaf 44
ms a quasi-solid andhighly elastic mass, which is gifted with enor-mous strength, and which forms, as it were, abuffer which is capable of resisting a verypowerful jar indeed. This mass of bones isnot completely developed until the twelfth year,which accounts for the fact that until this agethe… … Plate I.—THE BONES OF THE HAND.(From a male adult skeleton.) THE PHYSIOLOGY OF THE HAND. 41 epiphysis, becomes gradually developed, and at-taches itself to the shaft at about the twentiethyear. This adds enormously to the strength ofthe hand, so that it may be said that the perfectossification of…
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