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Show . iNCfcH VALUES. CoiiiinrnHvA tT.efiilnrss of m Thumb Hint lis Ui-Morkrr. The Thuinb-The dlffeient lingers are far from Inning the same uiluo with reference to their fundniiietilnl utlllRiitlon. Much the most Important Is the thumb, for without It prehension would be ery Imperfect. The hand Is no longer pincers, but meiely .1 claw, when deprived of the thumb. It may be estimated thnt the thumb represents fully 11 third of the total value or tho hand. The total loss of the thumb Is estimated esti-mated by Hrnunrttil, secretary 'of the Socleto lo Medvclue Legale, as fifteen to thlrtj-fho per cent, for the light and ten to fifteen per cent, for the left hand, except for workeis lu art, when ho estimates forty to fifty for the right and twenty -live to forty per cent, for the left liiiml. The Austrian schedule gives fifteen to twenty -Ihe per cent. In Cermuny twenty, thirty-eight nnd np to thlrly-lhree and thrct -tenths per cent, has been awarded. On account of the great difference resulting lu our opinion from the use of both bauds, wo piefor, lu the ptofessious not requiring re-quiring special baud skill, thirty per cent, for the light and twenty per colli, for the left. The percentage Is based nu 1(H) as the total Industrial value of Ihe hand previously to the accident, 11 loss of fifty per cent, representing half of that value and 11 loss of twenty-live twenty-live per cent, ono-fouitb, etc. The Index Finger The total loss of the Indi'.x causes an Incapacity estimated esti-mated at ten to fifteen percent, lu Austria; Aus-tria; sixteen to twenty per cent. In (eriniiny; fifteen to 'wenty-llve per cent, by Thiersch; twenty percent, for the right and fifteen per cent, for the left by the Italian courts; Ilftcen per cent, by the French tribunals; ten to fifteen per cent, for the light and live to fifteen per cent, for the left bj Hrouardel, except for winkers In art. Those tlguris dllTcr but little from 0110 another, and the figures from ten to twenty per cent., according to the side' may bo adopted. The Middle Finger The total loss of the middle linger Is legarded by Cole-blowskl Cole-blowskl ns often moro prejudicial than that of the Index. This Is an Isolated opinion. Almost nil the authorities ascribe less Importance to the middle linger than to the Index. Yet it grcnt loss of force Is nhsemsl In the linuil when the linger Is amputated. The following are estimates: The Austrian tariff. t!o to ten per cent.: Hrouardel. live to fifteen per cent., except for workers In art: Tlilerse-li, ten to tvventj per cent.; the Italian law, live per cent. The figures eight to tvvolvo per cent often nre nearest the truth. The itnnular (ring) linger Is the Icnst Important. Its total loss often docs not cause Incapacity. The Austrian larllT assimilates this linger, tn the middle one. Hrouardel estimates the loss 111 live to ten per cent.; the Italian law, eight per cent. The French ami (lor- mini Judicial decisions are often lu accord ac-cord In refiling Indemnity, considering tjie Incapacity resulting from the loss ns very slight. The auricular (little) linger may be compared to the nuuular, except In the professions In which It serves as a point of support for the hand. Accidents Acci-dents of Travel. |