The Wonder of the Human Hand

The Wonder of the Human Hand
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Publisher : Johns Hopkins University Press
Total Pages : 207
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ISBN-10 : 9781421415482
ISBN-13 : 1421415488
Rating : 4/5 (488 Downloads)

Book Synopsis The Wonder of the Human Hand by : E. F. Shaw Wilgis

Download or read book The Wonder of the Human Hand written by E. F. Shaw Wilgis and published by Johns Hopkins University Press. This book was released on 2014-11-01 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Specialists from a world-class hand center remind us how very important hands are and describe how medicine helps people whose hands are impaired. Using our hands, we interact with the environment in ways that are more sophisticated, more varied, and more productive than any other part of our body. The delicate instrument that is the hand makes it possible for us to knead dough and perform a heart transplant; make contact with strangers, friends, and lovers; throw a baseball; and create a scale model of a skyscraper and build that skyscraper. From the most mundane activity to our most sublime achievement, the hand has helped us shape the world and given us a deeper understanding of our place in it. In The Wonder of the Human Hand, surgeons and hand specialists from the world-renowned Curtis National Hand Center describe how the hand is used in work, sports, and music, and trace the human fascination with hands in religion and art. They relate awe-inspiring stories of people throughout history—including major league pitcher Jim Abbott, orthopedic surgeon Dr. Liebe Diamond, and pianist Leon Fleisher—who accomplished great things with one hand, or with impaired or injured hands, and they tell of marvelous surgeries that create fingers where none exist. Recounting how the hand interprets the environment and returns tactile information to the brain, the book underscores the importance of the hand to people who cannot see or hear. Throughout, the authors explore how medical science restores bones, tendons, nerves, muscles, and blood vessels in hands injured through disease, accident, and combat—ever aware of how the form and function of the human hand combine harmoniously in everyday activities and Herculean efforts alike.


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