Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 February 1919 — Writer's Cramp. [ARTICLE]

Writer's Cramp.

Writer’s crajnp does not interfere with other manipulations of the affected hand. A prominent surgeon now totally unable to write uses the affected hand easily to perform all the delicate and varied manipulations 4ncident to abdominal surgery. Complete rest hand, massage and electrical treatment may afford relief, but the trouble is likely to recur. Some victims learn to write with • the left hand, but the disease is prone to extend into the newly trained member. “ The method o* writing from the elbow or shoulder instead of from the knuckle prevents writer’s cramp. As- 4 fected persons can use the typewriting machine perfectly.