Table I.—Distribution of Touch Corpuscles:—
In the deep connective tissue of the dermis there are:—
In the thumb about 70.
" " index finger 105.
" " middle finger 60.
" " whole hand 500.
They are numerous over finger joints and front of elbow joint.
In all 530 about the joints of the upper extremity.
317 about those of the lower extremity.
Table II.—(From Schäfer’s Text Book of Physiology):—