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A hand lifts a ball. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.

Hands showing the sign language alphabet. Line engraving.

Female and male hands (above and below respectively). Drawing after H. Fuseli, c. 1793.

Textiles: tapestry weaving, details of the use of pincers (top), and sewing needles (below). Engraving by R. Benard after Radel.

The hand: three figures, (left to right) bones, muscles, and surface anatomy. Colour lithograph, 1868, after J.A. Vinter.

Textiles: tapestry weaving, a weaver pushing down the threads. Engraving by R. Benard after Radel.

Three figures of the upper arm (above); two figures of the hand showing bones and tendons (below). Red-chalk drawing with ink, 17th century.

Four pairs of hands joining in the middle with the message in Italian 'Give a hand. AIDS. A common battle'; an Associazone Solidarietà AIDS project by the Italian AIDS Forum. Colour lithograph by Michele Begali, ca. 1995.

The index fingers of two hands touch, one painted silver, the other gold with the words 'love without fear' in Finnish, and partly showing in Chinese and Arabic; an advertisement for a free handbook about HIV and AIDS by the Folkhälsoinstitutet [National Public Health Institute]. Colour lithograph by Garbergs, ca. 1995.

Textiles: a spinning wheel (top), making the design (below). Engraving by R. Benard after Radel.

Bones of a hand. Radiograph, 1900/1904.

Hands : amazing appendages : a free event for the incurably curious / Wellcome Collection.

Sir Gervas Powell Glyn, 6th Bart.: radiograph of his hand. Photograph by Sir G.P. Glyn, 1896.

Helping hands : a booklet of guidance for parents of very young children showing how to use their hands for fun as well as developmental skills : subtitles: finger plays; handling toys and materials; bricks and building; a ball; a doll; books; tools / by Francesca B. Leechman.

Injuries and infections of the hand / by Robert H.C. Robins.

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Bones of a hand. Radiograph, 1900/1904.

Hands : amazing appendages : a free event for the incurably curious / Wellcome Collection.

Sir Gervas Powell Glyn, 6th Bart.: radiograph of his hand. Photograph by Sir G.P. Glyn, 1896.

Helping hands : a booklet of guidance for parents of very young children showing how to use their hands for fun as well as developmental skills : subtitles: finger plays; handling toys and materials; bricks and building; a ball; a doll; books; tools / by Francesca B. Leechman.

Injuries and infections of the hand / by Robert H.C. Robins.