y under theguidance of the brain. In 1879, when visiting Florence, it struck methat the posture of the hands of the Venus deMedici was similar to the posture often seen in anervous child when the hands are held out. The hand posture of the Venus is similar oneither side to that described as the… … Fig. 32.—Venus de Medici. back beyond the straight line of the metacarpus;the fingers are slightly flexed; the thumb is extendedbackwards, and often slightly separated from the HAND POSTURES. 297 fingers. This spontaneous posture I have seen inhundreds of cases, usually in females of…
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