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The results secured from this practice were not satisfactory. It seemed
•hat larger gains in development of strength should have been secured.
Therefore on April 1, after a rest of one week, practice was again begun
l)Ut was made light instead of fatiguing. This practice was continued
Fig. 5.
for seven weeks, the left middle finger alone being exercised as before.
Then two final records were taken. These are shown in Tigs. 5 and 6.
The record of left hand (Fig. 5) five weeks after that in Fig. 3 shows
a total distance of 175 7mm, the gain over that shown in Fig. 3 being
18% ■
Fig. 6.
he record of right hand (Fig. 6) five weeks after that in Fig. 4 shows
1541’"“, the gain over that in Fig. 4 being 3%.
tice Percentages of gain both from the heavy and from the light prac-
are shown in Table XX. The short time of vigorous practice
a total distance of
The