M0014476: Faradisation of the common extensor muscle of the fingers

Previous title, replaced January 2022: Faradisation of the common extensor muscle of the fingers.

Illustration by Duchenne to show that faradisation of the common extensor muscle of the fingers only causes extension of the first phalages on the metacarpals and the hand is extended on the forearms. The last two phalanges remain flexed. Published in Duchenne, G.-B.: Physiologie des mouvements demontree a l'aide de l'experimentation electrique et de l'observation clinique, Paris : Bailliere, 1867. Related images: M0014477, M0014478, M0014479, M0014480, M0014481, M0014482, M0014483, M0014484, M0014485, M0014486, M0014487, M0014488

January 1956

1 photograph sheet film negative; 8.3 x 10.8 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the publication depicted in the glass plate negative

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2022.

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