The deformities of the fingers and toes
THE DEFORMITIES OF THE FINGERS AND TOES
BY WILLIAM ANDERSON, F.R.C.S. SURGEON TO ST. THOMAS’S HOSPITAL; EXAMINER IN SURGERY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF LONDON, AND ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF ENGLAND; PROFESSOR OF ANATOMY IN THE ROYAL ACADEMY OF ARTS, ETC.; FORMERLY HUNTERIAN PROFESSOR OF SURGERY AND PATHOLOGY IN THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS
LONDON J. & A. CHURCHILL 7 GREAT MARLBOROUGH STREET 1897
The following pages are developed from a course of Hunterian Lectures delivered by the Author in the theatre of the Royal College of Surgeons, in 1891. The matter has been revised and brought up to date, and augmented by a section upon the congenital deformities of the hands and feet.
WILLIAM ANDERSON.
2 Harley Street, W. March 1897.
William Anderson
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PREFACE
CONTENTS
THE DEFORMITIES OF THE FINGERS AND TOES
CONTRACTIONS INVOLVING THE DIGITAL AND PALMAR FASCIÆ.
CONTRACTION OF THE FINGERS DUE TO DEVELOPMENTAL IRREGULARITIES IN THE BONY AND LIGAMENTOUS ELEMENTS OF THE ARTICULATIONS.
CONTRACTIONS ARISING FROM INTERRUPTED EVOLUTION OF THE FLEXORS OF THE FINGERS, WITHOUT PARALYTIC OR SPASTIC COMPLICATIONS.
CONTRACTIONS DUE TO UNBALANCED ACTION OF THE FLEXOR MUSCLES AFTER RUPTURE, DIVISION, OR DESTRUCTION OF THE EXTENSOR TENDON.
CONTRACTIONS ARISING FROM NUTRITIVE CHANGES IN THE MOTOR APPARATUS.
CONTRACTION OF THE FINGERS DEPENDENT UPON A TENDO-VAGINITIS OF THE BURSAL SHEATH OF THE FLEXOR TENDONS.
CONTRACTIONS DEPENDENT UPON INFLAMMATORY AND DEGENERATIVE CHANGES IN THE ARTICULAR STRUCTURES.
CONTRACTIONS OF PARALYTIC AND SPASTIC ORIGIN FOLLOWING LOCAL INJURY.
CONGENITAL AND INFANTILE CONTRACTIONS.
TRIGGER FINGER.
CONTRACTIONS DEPENDENT UPON PATHOLOGICAL LESIONS IN THE CUTANEOUS AND FASCIAL STRUCTURES.
CONTRACTIONS DUE TO DEVELOPMENTAL IRREGULARITIES IN THE ARTICULAR STRUCTURES.
HAMMER TOE.
HALLUX FLEXUS.
HALLUX VALGUS.
HALLUX VARUS.
LATERAL DEVIATION OF THE LESSER TOES.
ARTHRITIC DEFORMITIES OF THE TOES.
PARALYTIC CONTRACTIONS OF THE TOES.
MAKRODACTYLY.
SUPERNUMERARY FINGERS AND TOES.
SYNDACTYLY.
ECTRODACTYLY.
BRACHYDACTYLY.
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