M0014481: Illustration showing the position of the fingers and thumb when attempting to place them in the position for writing

Previous title, replaced January 2022: Illustration showing the position of the fingers and thumb.

Illustration showing the position of the fingers and thumb when the short abductor and opponent are atrophied and the patient attempts to put them in the position for writing. 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: M0014476, M0014477, M0014478, M0014479, M0014480, 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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