Using a photo of what historians believe to be Bach’s skeleton, Otte calculated the hand’s size—nearly 8½ inches from wrist to fingertips—and its reach, as much as 10¼ inches from thumb ...

The wrist is a floating cluster of bones and ligaments ... A pitcher can use the same anatomy to throw a ball at a hundred miles an hour. The hand is so remarkable that the great Scottish surgeon ...

17,18 These type of reconstructions are termed ‘non-anatomic’ because they do not recreate the normal anatomy of the ECU complex. The repair must not be too tight to prevent smooth gliding of the ...