The hand: its mechanism and vital endowments as evincing design / [Sir Charles Bell].

  • Bell, Charles, Sir, 1774-1842.
Date:
1834
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Credit: The hand: its mechanism and vital endowments as evincing design / [Sir Charles Bell]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Scansores. Etym. scando, to climb. Parrot; wood-pecker; toucan. Gallinse. Etym. gallina, a hen. Peacock; pheasant; pigeon. Grallse. Etym. grallse, stilts. Ostrich ; stork; ibis; flamingo. Palmipedes. Etym. palma, the palm of the hand; pes, foot. Swan ; pelican ; gull. Third Class. Reptiles. Che^onia. Etym. ^eXvq, chelys, a tortoise. Tortoise; turtle. Sauria. Etym. cavpa, saura, a lizard. Crocodile; alli- gator ; chameleon; dragon ; pterodactyle (7vrepor, pteron, a wing; baKrvXog, dactylus, a finger) ; ichthyosaurus ichthys, a fish ; aavpa, saura, a lizard) ; plesio- saurus (7tXegiov, plesion, near to ; aavpa, saura, a reptile, resembling a reptile more than a fish); megalosaurus (yeyaXt], meg ale, great; cravpa, saura, a reptile) ; iguan- odon ; hylseosaurus (vXrj, hyle, wood or weald, aavpa). Oplrdia. Etym. ocf)ig7 ophis, a serpent. Boa; viper. Batrachia. Ety?n. jjarpa^og, batrachos, a frog. Frog; salamander; proteus. Fourth Class. Fishes. Chondropterygii. Etym. ^ovbpog, chondros, gristle ; 7rrepvt, pteryx, the ray of a fin. Ray; sturgeon ; shark; lamprey; ammocete (ayyog, ammos, sand ; ketoq, cetos, a fish.) Plectognathi. Etym. tvXekcj,pleco, to join ; yvaOog,gnathos, the jaw. Sun-fish; trunk-fish. Lophobranchi. Etym. Xcxpog, lophos, a loop; /3pay^ta, branchia, tbe gills. Pipe-fish; pegasus. Malacopterygii. Etym. yaXatvog, malakos, soft; tvrepv^7 pteryx, the ray of a fin. Salmon ; trout; cod ; herring; remora. Acanthopterygii. Etym. aicavda, acantha, a thorn ; 7vrepv't,, pteryx, the ray of a fin. Perch ; sword-fish ; mackarel; lophius piscatorius (Ao0ia, lophia, a pennant; piscator, a fisher); chsetodon rostratus chcete, hair; otW, odon, a tooth; rostratus, beaked); zeus ciliaris (cilium, an eye-lash).