================================================== Pandora's Word Box Ideas in Words Medical Humanities - Fine Arts - Bioethics ================================================== To: Esteemed Colleagues, Scholars, Educators, Students, Poets and others who may enjoy the beauty and elegance of ideas in words illustrated by fine arts. From: W. Wertelecki M.D. ================================================== Current Posting Hand Handle Palm Knuckle Knock Knee Knot ... FIVE and FANG are linked with FINGER. Another idea in finger or PALECZ in Ukrainian is that they are like sticks or PALka. ... THickest, THigh like finger or THumb is also called POLLEX. ... POLLUX is a mythological PUGilist. ... The Spanish terms DIGITo and DEDO are derived from Latin ... THUmb is POLLEX ... index is SALUTARIS ... middle finger is IMPUDICUS or INFAMIS ... forth is the ANNULARIS ... fifth is AURICULARIS ... Buddha when depicted with the tips of the right thumb and index touching gently admonishes the viewer, as we do here, to meditate. ... Christians adopted this sign. ... Continued in: http://www.consultsos.com/pandora/intro.htm Illustrations: Works by Picasso, Frederic, Laermans ... ================================================== PLEASE SHARE THE ABOVE MESSAGE ================================================== Dedicated to the prevention of Developmental Disabilities and Birth Defects. ================================================== Questions and Comments: http://www.ibis-birthdefects.org http://www.pandorawordbox.com Subscribe/Unsusbribe: http://www.consultsos.com/pandora/pwblogin.htm Sponsors/Champions/Advertisements http://www.consultsos.com/pandora/advertise.htm Note: web pages read per week ~ 15000. ==============================================