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On Sir Charles Bell’S The Hand, 1833, Peter J. Capuano
On Sir Charles Bell’S The Hand, 1833, Peter J. Capuano
Department of English: Faculty Publications
This essay explores the cultural context in which Sir Charles Bell’s 1833 Bridgewater Treatise was published by focusing on the work as a culmination of his deep religious faith, his Edinburgh anatomical training, and his occupation as a surgeon at the Leeds Infirmary. It argues that The Handwas not merely an extension of Paleyan natural theology but also an important response to the era’s struggle with the grim physical reality of the supersession of manual labor by automatic manufacture.