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1 4 |  shorter than the points of the fingers; and the surgeon should
2 4 |     with the extremities of the fingers, the index-finger being
3 4 | promotes a dexterous use of the fingers when the space between them
4 4 |   impeded in its motions by the fingers. One should practice all
5 12|      the breadth, three or four fingers; thickness, three or fourfold;
6 12|   cubits in length, and as many fingers broad. The folds of the
7 12|    flesh, such as the ankles or fingers, we must guard from the