Pre-Owned The Wonder of the Human Hand: Care and Repair of the Body s Most Marvelous Instrument (A Johns Hopkins Press Health Book) 9781421415482 1421415488 Paperback Illustrated edition

9781421415482. Pre-Owned: Good condition. Trade paperback. Language: English. Pages: 208. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 208 p. Contains: Illustrations black & white Halftones black & white Line drawings black & white Figures. Johns Hopkins Press Health Books (Paperback). Using our hands we interact with the environment in ways that are more sophisticated more varied and more productive than any other part of our body. The delicate instrument that is the hand makes it possible for us to knead dough and perform a heart transplant; make contact with strangers friends and lovers; throw a baseball; and create a scale model of a skyscraper and build that skyscraper. From the most mundane activity to our most sublime achievement the hand has helped us shape the world and given us a deeper understanding of our place in it. In The Wonder of the Human Hand surgeons and hand specialists from the world-renowned Curtis National Hand Center describe how the hand is used in work sports and music and trace the human fascination with hands in religion and art. They relate awe-inspiring stories of people throughout history - including major league pitcher Jim Abbott orthopedic surgeon Dr. Liebe Diamond and pianist Leon Fleisher - who accomplished great things with one hand or with impaired or injured hands and they tell of marvelous surgeries that create fingers where none exist. Recounting how the hand interprets the environment and returns tactile information to the brain the book underscores the importance of the hand to people who cannot see or hear. Throughout the authors explore how medical science restores bones tendons nerves muscles and blood vessels in hands injured through disease accident and combat - ever aware of how the form and function of the human hand combine harmoniously in everyday activities and Herculean efforts alike.