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together the cause must be stronger which governs 

 the body of free men. The movements of an army 

 may be expressive of the condition of army disci- 

 pline, the will of the general, the orders of the 

 Home Government, acting under the influence of 

 Parliament and the nation. In any example of 

 expression by movement it is, then, necessary to 

 distinguish action of an aggregation of separate 

 individuals from a collection of organically united 

 individuals. 



Man is the special subject with whom we are 

 concerned, and I wish now to put forward a brief 

 scheme for the analysis of movements seen in man ; 

 this scheme is founded upon experience in medical 

 practice. 



When we see movements in a man, we may pro- 

 ceed to define them * in anatomical terms. Thus, if 

 a man holds out his arm and hand straight and level 

 with his shoulder, any movement in the parts is 

 easily observed. A movement may be seen to occur, 

 and may be indicated by the following terms : 

 Flexion of wrist, flexion of all the metacarpo-pha- 

 langeal joints, strong flexion of the thumb at each 

 joint, the thumb being thus brought into the palm 

 of the hand with the fingers bent over it ; phalanges 

 adducted, metacarpal bones adducted, thus arching 

 the palm of the hand. 



Here we give an anatomical description of a 

 movement that might be observed. It is necessary 

 in making an observation, to record the movement, 

 or series or combination of movements, thus, before 



* See tables of analysis, chap. ix. 



