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Author:   E. F. Shaw Wilgis (Director Emeritus, Union Memorial Hospital)
Publisher:   Johns Hopkins University Press
Imprint:   Johns Hopkins University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.295kg
ISBN:  

9781421415482

ISBN 10:   1421415488
Pages:   208
Publication Date:   27 December 2014
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Preface. Work, Play, Love: The Marvel of the Human Hand Introduction. Touched: Hands + Environment = Life Chapter 1. Form Follows Function: The Anatomy of the Hand Chapter 2. Less (or More) than a Perfect 10: Congenital Differences Chapter 3. It's Only a Game: The Athlete's Hand Chapter 4. Worn Down but Not Out: The Arthritic Hand Chapter 5. Good Vibrations: The Musician's Hand Chapter 6. I See What You Mean: Hearing with Your Eyes and Speaking with Your Hands in American Sign Language Chapter 7. Life Is What Happens When You're Busy Making Other Plans: Injuries at Work and at Home Chapter 8. When Disease Hurts the Hand: Diabetes and the Hand Chapter 9. Sense and Sensibility: Seeing the World with Braille and Understanding Nerve Impairment Syndromes Chapter 10. The Renoir Effect: Contractures and Spasticity Chapter 11. Where Do We Go from Here? Future Innovations in Hand Surgery Resources List of Contributors Index

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Clearly written without requirement for particular prior knowledge, and would be accessible to a bright middle school student... any layperson with an interest in problems of the hand and their treatments would find this book a valuable resource. -- Alexander A. Morgan Journal of Hand Surgery (Am.)

Author Information

E. F. Shaw Wilgis, M.D., is one of the founding members of the Curtis National Hand Center, where he served as chief from 1983 to 2000 and research director from 2000 to 2013. He is the author of Vascular Injuries and Diseases of the Upper Limb.

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