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"The Map of the Hand" from Practical Palmistry (Chicago: Laird & Lee, 1897), a handbook credited to Comte de Saint Germain.
"Sivartha Chart of the Hand" from Science of Palmistry (Tacoma, Wash.: Irene Smith, 1901).

Palmistry, also known as chiromancy (from the Greek: χείρ, kheír ["hand"] + -μαντεία, manteia ["divination, soothsaying"]) or chirology (-λογία, -logia, "study of"), is the art and study of palm reading, the analysis of the lines of the palm of a subject's hand to determine their character or predict their future. It has been practiced across cultures since antiquity throughout Europe, Africa, and Asia.

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