M0014485: An arm treated by faradization

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Illustration of an arm after faradization and recovery of the common and proper extensors of the fingers and the extensors of the thumb, but with the interossei and muscles of the thenar and hypothenar still paralysed. Published in Duchenne, G.-B.: <i>Physiologie des mouvements demontree a l'aide de l'experimentation electrique et de l'observation clinique</i>, Paris : Bailliere, 1867. Related images: M0014476, M0014477, M0014478, M0014479, M0014480, M0014481, M0014482, M0014483, M0014484, M0014486, M0014487, M0014488

M0014485: An arm treated by faradization

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