Excerpt from Transactions of the British Orthopaedic Society, Vol. 2: Session 1896 Mr. William thomas showed the first case, which was one Of congenital torticollis. This was followed by a case Of congenital absence Of metacarpus and phalanges, respecting which he remarked that it was one of those peculiar conditions which are uncommon. In the left hand the metacarpus was practically deficient; nearly all the first phalanges were deficient with the exception Of those Of the thumb. The second phalanges were also absent, also the terminal phalanges. The cause of this condition was ascribed to fright. The next case shown by Mr. Thomas was one of congenital dislocation of hip (double). About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.