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The Wonder of the Human Hand : Care and Repair of the Body's Most Marvelous Instrument /

Surgeons and hand specialists from the world-renowned Curtis National Hand Center describe how the hand is used in work, sports, and music, and trace the human fascination with hands in religion and art. They relate awe-inspiring stories of people throughout history--including major league pitcher J...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Wilgis, E. F. Shaw (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2014]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Touched: Hands + environment = life / $r E.F. Shaw Wilgis
  • Form follows function: the anatomy of the hand / Ryan D. Katz
  • Less (or more) than a perfect 10: congential differences / Michael A. McClinton
  • It's only a game: the athlete's hand / W. Hugh Baugher, Thomas J. Graham
  • Worn down but not out: the arthritic hand / Philip Clapham, Kevin C. Chung
  • Good vibrations: the musician's hand / Raymond A. Wittstadt
  • I see what you mean: hearing with your eyes and speaking with your hands in American Sign Language / Rebecca J. Saunders
  • Life is what happens with you're busy making other plans: injuries at work and at home / Keith A. Segalman
  • When disease hurts the hand: diabetes and the hand / Kenneth R. Means, Jr.
  • Sense and sensibility: seeing the world with braille and understanding nerve impairment syndromes / Ryan M. Zimmerman, Neal B. Zimmerman
  • The Renoir effect: contractures and spasticity / Christopher L. Forthman
  • Where do we go from here? Future innovations in hand surgery / James P. Higgins.