THE THUMB

THE THUMB

These principles lay down; I shall proceed as I did with the Fingers by interpreting the indications furnished by
I. The Position of the Thumb,meaning by this the fact of its being more or less detached from the Hand Proper, a wider or narrower angle being thus opened between the base of its second phalanx and the Side of the Hand, when the thumb is stretched downward to its full extent.
II. the Size of the Thumb, from the base of the second Phalanx to the tip of the first or nailed Phalanx III. The Shape of the Thumb. This will complete the indications concerning the Thumb as a whole.
IV. The First (or nailed) Phalanx.
V. The Knot between the Phalanges.
VI. The Second Phalanx.
VII. The Combinations of Phalanges.