A manual of diseases of the nervous system / by Sir W.R. Gowers ; edited by Sir W.R. Gowers and James Taylor.

  • William Richard Gowers
Date:
1899
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Credit: A manual of diseases of the nervous system / by Sir W.R. Gowers ; edited by Sir W.R. Gowers and James Taylor. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by King’s College London. The original may be consulted at King’s College London.

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    action on the shoulder-joint, just, mentioned, its important, because forcible depression of the raised arm is often associated witli extension of the elbow. In paralysis of the triceps the elbow can only be extended by the weight of the fore- arm, and extension against gravitation is impossible. Thus a man with paralysis of the triceps cannot raise his hat in the customary manner. Flexion of the elbow is uncertain, on account of the loss of the antagonistic steadying force. The Brachialis anticus (musculo-cutanepus and musculo-spiral nerves) Ilexes Triceps (long head) Triceps (inner bead) Ulna?' n. Flex, carpi ulnar. Flex. dig. profund. Flex. dig. sub. (II & III) Flex, digit, sub. (I & IV) Ulnar ». Palm brev. Abd. minim, digit. Flex. min. dig. Oppon. min. dig. Lumbricales ales ^ Deltoid (ant. half) ]kus.-cut. n. Biceps Brach. ant. | Median n. Supinator long. Pronator teres Flexor carpi radial is Klex. digitor subliin. Flex. long, pollicis Median n. Adductor pollicis Opponeus pollicis Flex. brev. pollicis Adductor pollicis PIG. lO.-Motor points for the arm, inner side (Iron, Erb) The points at which the muscles and nerves can most effectively be stimulated.