CHAPTER XI.
SURGICAL ANOMALIES OF THE EXTREMITIES.
Reunion of Digits .-- An interesting phenomenon noticed in relation to severed digits is their wonderful capacity for reunion.

Restitution of a severed part, particularly if one of considerable function, naturally excited the interest of the older writers.

Locher has cited an instance of avulsion of the finger with restitution of the avulsed portion; and Brulet, Van Esh, Farmer, Ponteau, Regnault, and Rosenberg cite instances of reunion of a digit after amputation or severance.

Eve's "Remarkable Cases in Surgery" contains many instances of reunion of both fingers and thumbs, and in more recent years several other similar cases have been reported.

At the Emergency Hospital in Washington, D.C., there was a boy brought in who had completely severed one of his digits by a sharp bread-cutter.