“The science of our craft may require us to use numbers for an objective record of motions, but the art of our profession permits us to use the facilities of language to describe the ability of the parts to function in the activities of daily living - work and play. Using both numbers and words, we then can record in a most clear manner the almost infinite motions of this part, this marvellous mechanism of exquisite design and delicate sensibility we call the hand” - Joseph H Boyes 1980
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