On contractions of the fingers (Dupuytren's and congenital contractions) and on "hammer-toe" . Congenital contraction of little Im ti in ic n I stage in a youn j lady Miss P., nearly 10 years of age.—a, lateral web and tdsciil bind m tiont of ind on the inner side of the the first phalanx. Mr. Tamplin, to believe in congenital contraction ofthe skin being the cause of this malposition; but nodoubt it is only one of the secondary effects of thecontraction. This stage appears to be seldom reachedunder 7 or 10 years of age, and even then oftenattracts but little attention, only being regarded as
On contractions of the fingers (Dupuytren's and congenital contractions) and on "hammer-toe" . Congenital contraction of little Im ti in ic n I stage in a youn j lady Miss P., nearly 10 years of age.—a, lateral web and tdsciil bind m tiont of ind on the inner side of the the first phalanx. Mr. Tamplin, to believe in congenital contraction ofthe skin being the cause of this malposition; but nodoubt it is only one of the secondary effects of thecontraction. This stage appears to be seldom reachedunder 7 or 10 years of age, and even then oftenattracts but little attention, only being regarded as acrooked family finger. The general appearances are IN THE SECOND STAGE. 99 well represented in Fig. 14 taken from a young ladynearly ten years of age. In this case the affection washereditary on the fathers side, and associated withhammer toe in a severe degree in one of her on, however, it is found to interfere moreespecially with music, and further advice is sought,generally about the age of 16 years. Fig, Fig. 16.
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