. Diseases of the nervous system : for the general practitioner and student. Fig. 137. Fig. 138. Figs. 137, 138.—Showing Sensory Loss and Abnormal Position in Injuries of Ulnar Nerve. (Bowlby.) inner half of the fourth finger, internal and dorsal surface of the firstphalanx of the third finger. Atrophy and reactions of degeneration develop some time after theonset of the palsy. Course, Prognosis.—In slight traumata the termination is favorableafter a few weeks duration. In lacerations or severance the prognosis isunfavorable as to recovery of function. Treatment.—Same as in musculo-spiral nerv
. Diseases of the nervous system : for the general practitioner and student. Fig. 137. Fig. 138. Figs. 137, 138.—Showing Sensory Loss and Abnormal Position in Injuries of Ulnar Nerve. (Bowlby.) inner half of the fourth finger, internal and dorsal surface of the firstphalanx of the third finger. Atrophy and reactions of degeneration develop some time after theonset of the palsy. Course, Prognosis.—In slight traumata the termination is favorableafter a few weeks duration. In lacerations or severance the prognosis isunfavorable as to recovery of function. Treatment.—Same as in musculo-spiral nerve palsy. R. Hunt described in 1908 an occupation neuritis due to an involve-ment of the deep palmar branch of the ulnar nerve. This nerve is purelymotor and innervates the following intrinsic muscles of the hand: thoseforming the hypothenar eminence, also some of the thenar region, pollicis and inner head of the flexor brevis pollicis. It innervatesas well the palmar and dorsal interossei and the two inner lumbricales. The symptoms are: atrophic paralys
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