Finger stretch

The fascination evoked by Gautier s article is immediate. Gautier sets the mood with deliberation. It is night. A fog drifts in of the Seine. Nothing is discernible. Shapes are indistinct, fuzzy, there and gone. When at last Gautier finds the hotel and knocks at the door, he is met by an old porter who points the way with a "skinny finger stretched outwards". 

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A similar technique can be used in the suboccipital region. In this technique, the physician s fingers stretch the tissues of the occipital sulcus laterally as linear traction is applied. 

Fastness against scouring. The sample is rubbed ten times up and down energetically with a piece of white cotton materal stretched between the fingers to ascertain if the white cotton becomes coloured and to what extent. No standards are fixed for this test. 

In the same manner, a ball tied to a finger with a rubber band flies upon being struck until the rubber band stretches to its utmost, and then the ball abruptly returns to the finger, to the ball s initial point of movement. 

Pinch the rubber band between the thumb and index finger of your left hand. With the thumb and index finger of your right hand, pinch the rubber band at a point right next to your left hand. Make sure your thumbs are touching each other. You want to have only a little bit of rubber band to stretch. 

Quickly pull your hands apart. Stretch the small amount of rubber band between your fingers as far as you can, but do not break the rubber band. While the rubber band is still stretched, quickly touch the stretched part of the rubber band to your forehead. 

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