Medical and surgical reports . FIGURE 12. ANOMALIES OF THE PHALANGES. 15 here reproduced (Fig. 3). The patient was a girl of eighteen years ofage in whom the fingers were so closely united that the band resembledthe flipper of a seal. As will be seen by reference to the cut, the bonesof the last three fingers were so close together that it would have beenimpossible to separate them and get skin flap enough to cover the sidesof the phalanges. The anomalies presented, as will be seen by reference. FIGURE to the figure are in tlie absence of the second phalanx of the forefinger,and reduplication
Medical and surgical reports . FIGURE 12. ANOMALIES OF THE PHALANGES. 15 here reproduced (Fig. 3). The patient was a girl of eighteen years ofage in whom the fingers were so closely united that the band resembledthe flipper of a seal. As will be seen by reference to the cut, the bonesof the last three fingers were so close together that it would have beenimpossible to separate them and get skin flap enough to cover the sidesof the phalanges. The anomalies presented, as will be seen by reference. FIGURE to the figure are in tlie absence of the second phalanx of the forefinger,and reduplication of the last phalanx, which is united by a bony bridgeto the terminal plialanx of the middle finger. The middle finger showsa rudimentary metacarpal bone, in the ring finger the second phalanxis absent, and in the little finger it is rudimentary. The single nailextending across tlie wliole width of the hand represents the union oftlie four nails. 16 ANOMALIES OF THE PHALANGES. The four cases about to be reported are of that of an Italian, forty-five years of age, and three of his children. Case I. — The hands of Case I. are shown in Fig. 4, in a skiagramof his right hand in Fig. 5, and his left hand in Fig. 6. An attempthad been made when he was a child at a hospital in Italy to separatethe middle and ring fingers of his left hand. As will be seen by refer-ence to the figure this was only partially successful, and the reason forthe lack of success may be seen in the bony deformities sho
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