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Fig. 65. — Two Brachydactyl hands. (After Farabee.) 



Fig. 66. — An X-ray photo- 

 graph of the hones of a 

 Brachvdactvl hand. 



There is a rare abnormalitv of the hand and foot 

 known as brachydact^dy, or short-fingeredness {figs. 

 65, 66). Farabee has recorded the history of an 



