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The anatomy of the human bones and nerves, with an account of the reciprocal motions of the heart, and a description of the human lacteal sac and duct / by Alexander Monro.

  • Alexander Monro
Date:
1741
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The anatomy of the human bones and nerves, with an account of the reciprocal motions of the heart, and a description of the human lacteal sac and duct / by Alexander Monro. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    and havea confined Motion, as indeed. we fees they have. , The Bones of the ZOES are much Zoes. Of kin to thofe of the Thumb and Fin-- gers: Particularly the two of the greaai ‘Toe are precifely formed as the two laft of thee Thumb; only their Pofition, in refpect of the other Toes, is not oblique, and they are pros. portionally much flronger, becaufe they are fubjeéted to a greater Force; for on thofe prin+ cipally the ‘Weight of the Body is fupported]. when we areraifed onour Tip-toes.. | ‘The three Bones in each of the other. fou _Qiffer from thofe of the Fingers, in thefe Parti-- culars. ‘They are lefs, and fmaller in Propor-- tion to their Lengths: heir Bafes are muchh Jarger than the anterior Extremity: [heir Bo-- dies are fharper above and below, and flatten on the Sides: The firft Phalanx is proportion: ally much longer than the fecond and. third, which are very fhort. _ Of the four, the Toe next the great one, hasgs the largeft Bones in all Dimenfions, and moree externally the Toes are lefs. ‘The little Toe, and frequently that next to it,’ have the fecondi and third Bones intimately united into one, which may be owing to their little Motiony, and the great Preifure they are fubjected to. _ The Toes are of good Ufe to us im ves. Walking, by ferving as Supporters ta the Foot behind, when the Sole is raif-- ed, in order to bring our Body, with its Cen-- tre of Gravity perpendicular to the advanced! Foot. : : The Bones of the Metatar/us andi In Children. Toes, are in the fame Conditiom | im
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