About This Item
Title
Anatomical diagram of the muscles of the hand
            Subject
Hand--anatomy & histology
                    Muscle, Skeletal
                    Book Illustrations
            Description
Lithograph by T. Sinclair & Son from a drawing by Hermann Faber.
                    Diagram of the muscles of the hand, including the muscles of the palmar surface of the hand (figure 1), and the interossei muscles, seen from the palmar surface (figure 2) and the dorsal surface (figure 3).
                    Title supplied by cataloger. 
            Creator
T. Sinclair & Son
                    Faber, Hermann
            Source
Original image in: Allen, Harrison, 1841-1897. A System of Human Anatomy (Philadelphia: Henry C. Lea's Son & Co., 1884). ZAd 2 (Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia)
                    Harrison Allen’s A System of Human Anatomy contains lithographs of drawings by Hermann Faber from dissections by the author. The book consists of five sections covering histology (by E. O. Shakespeare), bones and joints, muscles and fasci, arteries, veins, and lymphatics, the nervous system, and the organs of sense, of digestion, and genito-urinary organs.
            Publisher
Digitized by the Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia
            Date
1884
            Language
eng
            Type
StillImage
            Identifier
ZAd_2.pl49
            Original Format
1 print : lithograph
            Physical Dimensions
30 x 24 cm
            Citation
T. Sinclair & Son and Faber, Hermann, “Anatomical diagram of the muscles of the hand,” The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Digital Library, accessed October 28, 2025, https://cppdigitallibrary.org/items/show/168.
    
