Show FOUR FINGERS ARE UNTRAINED Hands of the Average Man Crippled as Demonstrated by the Therapy Therapy Therapy Ther Ther- apy Expert I 1 suppose you regard yourself as 88 asa asa a whole man demanded one of the vocational therapy experts at the Warren Worren Warren War Wor- ren Reed general hospital In Washington Washing Washing- ton writes Samuel Hopkins Adams In Inthe Inthe inthe the Red fled Cross Magazine Looking myself over hastily to make sure that I 1 had not lost anything inthe In Inthe Inthe the surgical ward I replied that I could count the usual number of ot arms legs and other appurtenances All right said the expert hut bul youre you're sort of a Q cripple at that Youre You're atrophied I If I 1 am rYe Ive never discovered It I assured himOt him Of Ot course not People never do until they're shown You haven't got ot anything like the full tull use of ot more than four tour fingers and two thumbs out of ot a total of ten The normal man the man the theman man who believes himself normal I mean never mean never has Can you light a safety match with one hand band He handed banded me the box and the match After the second abortive attempt attempt attempt at- at tempt the match fell tell on the floor and the box fell tell on the match elementary that stunt remarked remarked remarked re re- marked the Instructor Our one-arms one can do that before they get out of bed You see your two smaller fingers are really cripples Now we teach our fellows fellows fellows fel fel- lows to do the work with those fingers I that you have to use another hand for tor That's the whole physical principle of ot our training In Its simplest form form torm- substitution |