Home Collections Intrinsic anatomy of the hand Intrinsic anatomy of the hand This Pen and watercolour image from 2016 depicts a cadaveric anatomical dissection demonstrating the intrinsic hand muscles. The intrinsic muscles facilitate all movements of the fingers and thumb apart from flexion, or curling of the digits and thus permit grip. This image was used by the British Society for Surgery of the Hand on the front cover iof their autumn meeting programme that year. Donald has provided cover illustrations for numerous BAPRAS and British Society for Surgery of the Hand publications. Share Back to the Museum Collection Highlights 1910 John Grocott MRCS, LRCP, MBBS, FRCS John Grocott is the unknown “Fifth Man” of British Plastic surgery, and... Learn More 1850 Research Room Artefact database Visit the link below to search the collection database (Axiell) for all artefacts, images and... Learn More 1917 Why "The Queen's"? The Queen’s Hospital was named after Queen Mary, consort of King George... Learn More 1918 Sidcup's Australian Section An Australian section was formed at Sidcup, shortly following that from New... Learn More 1920 Gillies in America Shortly after the First World War, in November 1920, Harold Gillies made his first of several... Learn More 1925 A First International Congress of Plastic Surgery It is said that the “First International Congress of Plastic Surgery” took place in Stockholm in... Learn More 2012 BFIRST The British Foundation for International Reconstructive Surgery and Training (BFIRST) is a UK... Learn More 1987 BAPS Certification Training Scheme In 1987 BAPS introduced a three-year training scheme in plastic surgery for overseas graduates not... Learn More