ative of positions commonly seen. Perhaps one of the best known spontaneous 156 PHYSICAL EXPRESSION. postures of the hand due to the brain condition,is the convulsive hand. This was well described by Trousseau * as acommon condition of the hand in tetany. Inthe upper limbs, the thumb is forcibly… … riff. IS.—The Convulsive Hand. hollow by the approximation of its outer and innermargins, the hand assumes a conical shape. The condition of the metacarpus is speciallynoteworthy. I have taken casts of several casesand have measured many more. It is, as Trousseaudescribed it, arched or contracted…
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