The human foot : its form and structure functions and clothing / by Thomas S. Ellis.

  • Ellis, Thomas S.
Date:
1889
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Credit: The human foot : its form and structure functions and clothing / by Thomas S. Ellis. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    viii Any special fitness I may have for the task is due to the circumstance that, more than twenty years ago, one of my own feet was very much damaged by an accident, in con- sequence of which I was, for six years, always lame, frequently in severe suffering. I owe my recovery to an in- dependent study of the structure in relation to the functions of the feet, and the interest, thus strongly excited, has been kept up, although the personal stimulus has, happily, long ceased to operate. Details of Anatomy have, as far as possible, been avoided. Such as appeared to be necessary are given in the form of explanations to the plates, so arranged that the figures and the explanations may be seen at the same time. For these illustrations I have been glad to rely on works of recognized authority and I am indebted to my old teacher and friend Mr Holden, for permission to copy from his Osteology; to Messrs Longman, for the same kindness in respect of Gray's Anatomy, and to Mr Marshall, who very generously placed at my disposal the specially beautiful drawings in his Anatomy for Artists. For other illustrations I am respon- sible. To the printer, Mr Bellows, a man of letters, or, rather of words,'1* whom I have the privilege of regarding as a per- sonal friend, and to his staff, particularly to Mr Huntley the artist, my best thanks are due. Not without careful study, over many years extending, has my book been produced. Not without hope that it will prove to be useful, is it now presented. 6, Clarence Street, Gloucester, May, 1889. * Oliver Wendell Holmes—Ovr Hundred Days in Europe.