Nervous and mental diseases . Fig. 86.—Contractu red positions in heniiplegic hand. In the lower extremity extension prevails. The knee is held quite rigidlyextended and there is a tendency to equinovarus, so that the foot rollsover on its outer border. These are the usual contractures, and give tothe patient an attitude and a gait that are distinctive. It will be re-called that the distal portions of the extremities are most affected, and

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