Note 89 — GREEK BIOLOGY (continued 2)

A good instance of Galen’s teleological point of view is afforded by his classical description of the hand in the περὶ χρείας τῶν ἐν ἀνθρώπου σώματι μορίων, On the uses of the parts of the body of man, i. 1. This passage is available in English in a tract by Thomas Bellott, London, 1840.