Lectures on orthopedic surgery . 246 stinctively extended. One cannot grip effectively withthe wrist flexed. The lesion is obvious. If disease atthe wrist results in ankylosis in the extended positionevery advantage will accrue for subsequent action ofthe extensors of the hand. So true is this that when apatient consults us complaining of faulty use of thefingers, should the wrist be ankylosed in the flexed. Fig. 201.—The position of the wrist for a weak grip

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