The human hand

Preface by William Stevenson.

1 The place of the hand in science. 2 The theory. 3 The form of the hand. 4 The parts of the hand. 5 The physical qualities of the hand. 6 The nails. 7 The lines of the hand. 8 Right hand and left. 9 A practical method of hand-interpretation

'...I myself met her first eight years ago, when I was invited by Professor C. Burt to supervise her research work in the Psychological Laboratory at University College, London, and already her grasp on psychology was firm, her viewpoints invigorating. She would take your two hands, scrutinize them exhaustively, and then in due course you would receive a brief report which touched off your petty foibles and idiosyncrasies of personality neatly and genuinely.'

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