Go through this same movement with each of the other fingers of the left hand and then with each of the fingers of the right hand.
EXERCISE 11.
Hold out your right hand, the palm facing you. Separate the little finger slightly from the rest. With a brisk, sharp movement, twist the hand at the wrist to the left, so that the little finger moves down as low as possible. Repeat this exercise twelve times.
Perform the same exercise twelve times with the left hand.
EXERCISE 12.
Open the left hand, thumb and fingers, all close together, turning the hand so that the thumb is towards your body and the little finger away from it. Bend the first finger at the knuckle joint, and nowhere else, and bring it down toward the palm of the hand until it is horizontal, that is at right angles to the plane of the palm and the other fingers. If it will not come down of itself, help it a little with the other hand, but be careful not to strain the left hand muscles when you are first starting this exercise. Try not to move the other fingers of the left hand while you are bending the index finger downward. Repeat this motion ten times.
Go through this exercise with each of the other fingers in turn.
The first day you do this exercise, do it without any muscular resistance to the motion. Afterwards, from day to day, add more and more resistance as the fingers become stronger.