Iv juries of the Hand. 571 



SERIES XI. INJURIES, DEFORMITIES, AND DISEASES 

 OF THE LIMBS AS A WHOLE. 



EECENT INJUKIES. 



11. 1. Machinery Accident to Hand. — Eight hand amputated 



for severe injury — in spirit. 



The soft parts and bone on the ulnar side are completely 

 destroyed, and the palm is extensively lacerated and crushed. 

 The point of the forefinger is torn off and hangs by a tendon. 



G. C. 2739. 



11. 2. Machinery Accident to Hand. — Part of a forearm and 



remains of the hand — in spirit. 



The hand has been so crushed and torn that it is scarcely 

 possible to recognise from what part of the body it has come. 

 The tendons are hanging loose, the bones are crushed, and the 

 skin for the most part has been torn away. G. C. 3522. 



11. 3. Severe Burn of the Hand. — Greater part of a left hand 

 showing the almost entire destruction of the skin of the hand 

 and fingers — injected with gum and vermilion, and in spirit. 



The man, aged 28 years, while drunk, fell into the fire and burned 

 both his hands so severely, that they had to be amputated. On the right 

 side the amputation was carried through the middle of the forearm. 



The specimen shows well the development of granulations 



