A manual of cheirosophy : being a complete practical handbook of the twin sciences of cheirognomy and cheiromancy, by means whereof the past, the present, and the future may be read in the formations of the hands ; preceded by an introductory argument upon the science of cheirosophy and its claims to rank as a physical science / by Ed. Heron-Allen ... with full-page and other illustrations by Rosamund Brunel Horsley.

  • Heron-Allen, Edward, 1861-1943.
Date:
1892
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Credit: A manual of cheirosophy : being a complete practical handbook of the twin sciences of cheirognomy and cheiromancy, by means whereof the past, the present, and the future may be read in the formations of the hands ; preceded by an introductory argument upon the science of cheirosophy and its claims to rank as a physical science / by Ed. Heron-Allen ... with full-page and other illustrations by Rosamund Brunel Horsley. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    and that, closed in as it is on either side, the third becomes eminently the suitable finger. The .(Egyp- tians [says he, quoting Disarius and Macrobius], being eminent anatomists, discovered the presence of a nerve from the heart to this finger, and he points out that Agellius supports the statement. Then follows a quotation, “Johannes Salisberiensis libro vi; Policratici cap. xii; Gratianus, Can. Fcemine xxx, quaest. v; ex Isidori Hispalensis lib. ii. De Divinis Officiis, cap xix,’” to the effect, that a vein makes this connection ; and then he says, “ But this opinion is now exploded by modern doctors, who, after careful dissection of the human body, have found no artery or vein extending thus from the heart to this finger, and there is no such reason for the pre- ference of this finger for wearing the ring.” For a concise and accurate description of the arterial and venous system of the hand I refer the reader to F. T. McDougall’s article on the subject in R. B. Todd’s “ Cyclopaedia of Anatomy and Physiology,” vol. ii., 1836-9. The hand contains two principal arteries, the radial and the ulnar. The ulnar proceeds in a curve from the wrist to the first finger [where it joins a branch of the radial\, forming what is known as the palmar arch. Four digital arteries go from its con- vexity, which subdivide into collateral branches about two lines below the metacarpo-phalangean articulations [vide 1 32]. These supply the palmar and lateral sur- faces of the fingers, excepting the thumb and the outer side of the index, the branches coalescing at the tips of the fingers, whence branches arise to supply the pulp of the fingers with blood. The radial goes from the end of the forearm [radius] round the wrist, into the thumb, and back into the palm, where, joining the ulnar [as I have said above], it forms what is known as the deep palmar arch. Before, however, it does this, it gives off two veins, 138. Arteries. Venous system of the hand. Ulnar artery. Radial artery