Download or read book The American Journal of Ophthalmology, Vol. 21 written by Adolf Alt and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-11 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The American Journal of Ophthalmology, Vol. 21: 1904 One of the advantages of this method is that in making the test the arm is free and at rest. It is particularly useful when examining a patient lying in bed. Here one has to lean over sometimes in a very uncomfortable position, and the arms are bent at right angles and elevated from the body. In making an examination under these circumstances, with two hands, and even while standing and when the patient is sitting, the index fingers are not parallel and point some what toward each other. In the one-hand method the fingers are close together and parallel to each other and in their normal position. In my judgment we derive a more delicate tactile sense from the two fingers which are next to each other than we do from the index fingers of the two hands placed side by side. 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.