Révész Géza: The Human Hand. A Psychological Study

"In the past, literature on the human hand seems to have been the monopoly of palmists and anatomists. This book by the late Professor Révész makes a comprehensive study of the subject in all its manifold aspects—its evolution in comparison with the animal hand; its variety of functions in perceiving, recognizing and working; its role in technology as a prototype of tools; its expressive power as embodied in mime and gesture, languages and symbols; its social, magical, religious, aesthetic and cultural significance; its place in medical diagnosis and treatment; and its sensibilities as compared with those of the organs of seeing and hearing.
The book should therefore be of great value not only to those interested in the physiology and psychology of the hand, or those concerned with the training of the blind and of deaf-mutes, but also to the wider pubic concerned with the skill and sensitivity of the hand in craftsmanship and in the graphic and plastic arts.
It is concisely written in a clear and vigorous style, and there are numerous fascinating and particularly well-chosen illustrations which add to the value of the text."