The deformities of the fingers and toes

by William Anderson

PREFACE

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.

CONTENTS

[Section I CONTRACTIONS OF THE FINGERS]
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INVOLVING THE DIGITAL AND PALMAR FASCIÆ (DUPUYTREN’S CONTRACTION)	[4]
FROM DEVELOPMENTAL IRREGULARITIES IN THE BONY AND LIGAMENTOUS ELEMENTS OF THE ARTICULATIONS	[44]
FROM UNBALANCED ACTION OF THE FLEXOR MUSCLES AFTER RUPTURE, DIVISION, OR DESTRUCTION OF THE EXTENSOR TENDON	[63]
FROM NUTRITIVE CHANGES IN THE MOTOR APPARATUS	[65]
FROM TENDO-VAGINITIS OF THE BURSAL SHEATH OF THE FLEXOR TENDONS	[67]
FROM INFLAMMATORY AND DEGENERATIVE CHANGES IN THE ARTICULAR STRUCTURES	[68]
PARALYTIC AND SPASTIC CONTRACTIONS FOLLOWING LOCAL INJURY	[70]
CONGENITAL AND INFANTILE CONTRACTIONS	[77]
TRIGGER FINGER	[78]
[Section II CONTRACTION OF THE TOES]
FROM PATHOLOGICAL LESIONS IN THE CUTANEOUS AND FASCIAL STRUCTURES	[86]
FROM DEVELOPMENTAL IRREGULARITIES IN THE ARTICULAR STRUCTURES AND COMPRESSION BY MISSHAPEN SHOES	[87]
HAMMER TOE	[88]
HALLUX FLEXUS	[104]
HALLUX VALGUS	[115]
HALLUX VARUS	[120]
LATERAL DEVIATION OF THE LESSER TOES	[122]
ARTHRITIC CONTRACTIONS	[124]
PARALYTIC CONTRACTIONS	[127]
[Section III CONGENITAL DEFORMITIES OF THE HANDS AND FEET]
MAKRODACTYLY	[128]
SUPERNUMERARY FINGERS AND TOES	[144]
SYNDACTYLY	[145]
ECTRODACTYLY	[147]
BRACHYDACTYLY	[149]

THE DEFORMITIES OF THE FINGERS AND TOES