. A treatise on nervous and mental diseases, for students and practitioners of medicine. elatively far too marked for the amount of strength that is mani-fested in the hand-grasp. If the sound arm is observed by graspingthe hand in a similar manner the difference between the muscles ofthe affected and the unaffected extremity can be clearly seen. Themuscular spasm and sensory symptoms may extend to the musclesof the neck, and even to the other extremity. In some cases othercoordinate acts than those of writing can be done perfectly well;but in most there is some slight awkwardness about any ac
. A treatise on nervous and mental diseases, for students and practitioners of medicine. elatively far too marked for the amount of strength that is mani-fested in the hand-grasp. If the sound arm is observed by graspingthe hand in a similar manner the difference between the muscles ofthe affected and the unaffected extremity can be clearly seen. Themuscular spasm and sensory symptoms may extend to the musclesof the neck, and even to the other extremity. In some cases othercoordinate acts than those of writing can be done perfectly well;but in most there is some slight awkwardness about any acts ofthe hand requiring continued coordination. In pianoforte-playerscramp one finger or a thumb may fail to act in coordination with 466 NERVOUS DISEASES. the rest of the fingers, so that it may remain extended or not movein harmony. In violin-players cramp the same aifection may bemet with in the finger of either hand, that which moves the stringsor bows, and sometimes in both. In seamstresses cramp it is thethimble-finder of the right hand that is most often affected. In Fig. --^^^$-<^^ ^ST Specimen of writing in writers cramp when the hand was not tired. telegraphers cramp it is the one finger accustomed to tapping theinstrument that is most affected, and if another finger is substitutedfor this, it may also become implicated. In the cramp of black-smiths or metal-workers various muscles may be affected, accordingto those most used. The treatment of any disease should be based Fig. 158.
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