Breitenbecher : Short Thumbs 



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Table 2. Length of the bones of six riylit hands, five normal and one abnoDual {Abnormal 

 7). The lengths arc given in inillimcters in columns tzvo to five. The ratio of each 

 nicasurciiicnt to the length of the first phalanx of the digit in question is gii'cn i;i. 

 columns six to nine. 



Observed Data 



Calculated Ratios 



Normals 



Meta- 

 carpel 



Phalange 



I 2 



Meta- 

 carpel 



Phalanges 



I 2 



1 (X-ray) 

 Digit I 



'* 2 



" 3 



" 4 



" 5 



2 (X-ray) 

 Digit I 



2 



3 



" 4 



5 



1 (Skeleton) 

 Digit I 



2 



3 



" 4 



" 5 



2 (Skeleton) 

 Digit I 



" 2 



" 3 



" 4 



" 5 



3 (Skeleton) 

 Digit I 



" 2 



3 



" 4 



" 5 



X-ray Abnormality 7 



Digit I 



" 2 



" 3 



" 4 



" 5 



46.5 

 70.5 

 70.5 

 64.0 

 56.0 



24-5 

 24.0 

 29.0 

 28.0 

 20.0 



19.0 



19.5 

 20.0 

 17.0 



476 

 753 

 516 

 471 

 647 



777 

 592 

 623 



643 



469 

 419 



459 

 500 



49-0 

 74.0 

 71.0 

 66.0 

 61.0 



25.0 



25-5 

 31.0 

 29.0 

 22.0 



18.0 

 19.0 

 20.0 



18.5 



410 

 721 

 505 

 467 

 648 



719 



593 

 652 

 644 

 592 



419 

 400 



444 

 SCO 



43-0 

 69.0 

 65.0 

 60.0 

 51.0 



30.0 

 39-0 

 43-0 

 41 .0 

 31.0 



22.0 

 23.0 

 28.0 

 27.0 

 18.5 



16.0 



17.5 

 18.0 

 16.0 



433 

 769 



511 

 463 

 645 



732, 

 587 

 651 

 658 

 596 



415 

 407 



439 

 516 



48.0 

 72.0 



69-5 

 64.0 

 54-0 



33-0 

 42.0 

 46.0 

 43-0 

 33-0 



23-5 

 25.0 

 30.0 

 28.0 

 20.0 



17.0 

 18.5 

 18.0 

 16.5 



484 

 714 

 510 

 488 

 637 



712 



595 

 652 



651 

 606 



405 

 402 

 419 

 500 



37-5 

 58.0 



55-5 

 51.0 



43-5 



26.0 

 34-0 

 37-0 

 35-0 

 26.5 



20.0 



19-5 

 23.0 

 23.0 

 16.0 



15.0 

 15.0 

 15.0 

 15-0 



442 

 706 

 500 



457 

 642 



769 

 573 

 649 



657 

 603 



470 



405 

 429 



527 



53-0 

 81.0 

 76.0 

 65.0 

 60.0 



32.0 

 41 .0 

 50.0 

 44.0 

 35-0 



13.0 

 22.0 

 26.0 

 28.0 

 19.0 



17.0 

 21.0 

 21.0 

 18.0 



637 

 931 

 520 



477 

 711 



406 

 536 

 520 

 637 

 542 



414 

 420 

 477 



514 



