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The Wonder of the Human Hand. Care and Repair of the Body's Most Marvelous Instrument.
E. F. Shaw . Ed(S): Wilgis
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Description for The Wonder of the Human Hand. Care and Repair of the Body's Most Marvelous Instrument.
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. Editor(s): Wilgis, E. F. Shaw. Series: A Johns Hopkins Press Health Book. Num Pages: 208 pages, 26, 17 black & white halftones, 9 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: MFGG; VFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 231 x 19. Weight in Grams: 428.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Series
A Johns Hopkins Press Health Book
Number of Pages
208
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9781421415475
SKU
V9781421415475
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About E. F. Shaw . Ed(S): Wilgis
E. F. Shaw Wilgis, M.D., is one of the founding members of the Curtis National Hand Center, where he served as chief from 1983 to 2000 and research director from 2000 to 2013. He is the author of Vascular Injuries and Diseases of the Upper Limb.
Reviews for The Wonder of the Human Hand. Care and Repair of the Body's Most Marvelous Instrument.
Clearly written without requirement for particular prior knowledge, and would be accessible to a bright middle school student... any layperson with an interest in problems of the hand and their treatments would find this book a valuable resource.
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