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By Carl O. Rice, M.D., Ph.D. Price, $10.50. Pp. 284, with 204 illustrations. Charles C Thomas, Publisher, 301-327 E. Lawrence Ave., Springfield, Ill., 1952.

AMA Arch Intern Med. 1952;90(1):133.

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This monograph is designed to furnish a scale for calculation of disabilities of the extremities based on residual range of motion in the joints of the extremities. It is divided into six chapters; the first four deal with historical and anatomic considerations, relative values, and fundamental principles of calculating disabilities. The last two chapters deal with specific disabilities of the upper and lower extremities. The entire basis for computing disability ratings, as proposed in this monograph, is the residual function in the extremity as measured by joint motion of the various component parts.

The illustrations in this monograph are excellent. The tables are easily read and function well as a quick source for reference. The only criticism of the method described in this monograph, and not of the monograph itself, concerns the author's failure to consider such functional limitations as might occur from pain and deformity of the part with . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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