WHAT YOUR FINGERS ARE WORTH.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 32, 27 January 1908, Page 4

WHAT YOUR FINGERS ARE WORTH.

You have olily to gra-p a pen or a to .1 "f isoiue sort to realise that the diil.-r cut lingers are tar tioiu having the same value with relereiice in their usefulness iu performing work. Aiueli the most important is the thumb, for without M prehension would be very imperfect. The hand is no longer pincers, but merely a claw, when deprived m the thumb." It may be estimated that ihu thumb represent- fully a third ot the total value ~| the hand. The total lo- of the thumb is estimated by compel cut authorities .s I.) io :i."i per cent, tor the right and In to l.i per cent, for the left hand, except tor worker- iu art. nluu to to On for the right and !■> lo lo per cent, for the lei! hand , - nearer the value.

Ihe i,,ial |,,s, „f the inde.\ linger e.nisi- an incapacity estimated at from In to i:, per cent, for the right hand and I" to 10 per cent, for the lett hand. Ih • middle linger is |e-- important than the index. The ling linger i- least important, and Ihe lii'lle linger may be compared lo its neighbour, except in the profession, iu which it serves as a point oi isupnorl for the hand.