Cheiro's Language of the Hand

Contents

1. A Defense p. 1
2. Part 1, Chapter 1: Of the Shapes of Hands and Fingers p. 25
3. Part 1, Chapter 2: The Elementary, or Lowest Type p. 27
4. Part 1, Chapter 3: The Square Hand and its Subdivisions p. 28
5. Part 1, Chapter 4: The Spatulate Hand p. 32
6. Part 1, Chapter 5: The Philosophic Hand p. 34
7. Part 1, Chapter 6: The Conic Hand p. 37
8. Part 1, Chapter 7: The Psychic Hand p. 40
9. Part 1, Chapter 8: The Mixed Hand p. 43
10. Part 1, Chapter 9: The Thumb p. 45
11. Part 1, Chapter 10: The Joints of the Fingers p. 51
12. Part 1, Chapter 11: The Fingers p. 53
13. Part 1, Chapter 12: The Palm, and Large and Small Hands p. 56
14. Part 1, Chapter 13: The Nails p. 58
15. Part 1, Chapter 14: The Hair on the Hands p. 61
16. Part 1, Chapter 15: The Mounts, Their Position and Their Meanings p. 63
17. Part 1, Chapter 16: The Hands of Nations p. 66
18. Part 2, Chapter 1: A Few Remarks in Reference to the Reading of the Hand p. 69
19. Part 2, Chapter 2: The Lines of the Hand p. 72
20. Part 2, Chapter 3: In Relation to the Lines p. 74
21. Part 2, Chapter 4: The Right and Left Hands p. 77
22. Part 2, Chapter 5: The Line of Life p. 79
23. Part 2, Chapter 6: The Line of Mars p. 86
24. Part 2, Chapter 7: The Line of Head p. 87
25. Part 2, Chapter 8: The Line of Head in Relation to the Seven Types p. 91
26. Part 2, Chapter 9: Insanity as Shown by the Line of Head p. 95
27. Part 2, Chapter 10: The Line of Heart p. 98
28. Part 2, Chapter 11: The Line of Fate p. 102
29. Part 2, Chapter 12: The Line of Sun p. 106
30. Part 2, Chapter 13: The Line of Health, or the Hepatica p. 109
31. Part 2, Chapter 14: The Via Lasciva and the Line of Intuition p. 111
32. Part 2, Chapter 15: The Girdle of Venus, the Ring of Saturn, and the Three Bracelets p. 112
33. Part 2, Chapter 16: The Line of Marriage p. 114
34. Part 2, Chapter 17: Children p. 119
35. Part 2, Chapter 18: The Star p. 121
36. Part 2, Chapter 19: The Cross p. 125
37. Part 2, Chapter 20: The Square p. 127
38. Part 2, Chapter 21: The Island, the Circle, the Spot p. 129
39. Part 2, Chapter 22: The Grille, the Triangle, “La Croix Mystique,” the Ring of Solomon p. 131
40. Part 2, Chapter 23: Hands Covered with Lines—the Color of the Palm p. 134
41. Part 2, Chapter 24: The Great Triangle and the Quadrangle p. 136
42. Part 2, Chapter 25: Travel, Voyages, and Accidents p. 139
43. Part 2, Chapter 26: Time—the System of Seven p. 142
44. Part 3, Chapter 1: A Few Words on Suicide p. 144
45. Part 3, Chapter 2: The Peculiarities of Hands Which Show a Suicidal Tendency p. 147
46. Part 3, Chapter 3: Propensities for Murder p. 149
47. Part 3, Chapter 4: Various Phases of Insanity p. 152
48. Part 3, Chapter 5: Modus Operandi p. 155
49. Part 4: The Apparatus for “Thought Photography and Register Cerebral Force p. 158
50. Plates: Hands from Life p. 159