The amputated finger was wrapped up in a piece of brown paper, and, being apparently healthy and the wound absolutely clean, it was fixed in the normal position on the stump, and covered by a bichlorid dressing.

In a short time complete function was restored.

In this instance no joint was involved, the amputation being in the middle of the 2d phalanx.

Staton has described a case in which the hand was severed from the arm by an accidental blow from an axe.
The wound extended from the styloid process directly across to the trapezium, dividing all the muscles and blood-vessels, cutting through bones.

A small portion of the skin below the articulation, with the ulna, remained intact.