The classic reprint: Why I hate the index finger by William L. White originally published in Orthopaedic Review 9:23-29, 1980.

Freshwater, M Felix · Hand (N Y) · 2010

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Abstract

In 1980, William White published a paper "Why I Hate the Index Finger". The National Library of Medicine never indexed it so it has been missing for almost 30 years. It is reprinted here for the benefit of the current generation of hand surgeons.