The laws of health / [David Nunes Nabarro].

  • Nabarro, David Nunes, 1874-
Date:
[1905?]
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Credit: The laws of health / [David Nunes Nabarro]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    thigh to be moved in any direction. The lower end of the thigh-bone is broad, and rests upon the broad top of shin-bone, forming the knee-joint. In front of the knee-joint, as yon may easily feel for yourself when standing, there is a flat, round bone called the knee- cap. This bone sometimes snaps across when people slip down. It is a serious accident, because when this bone is broken we are unable to walk. If the parts of the broken knee-cap do not join properly after the accident, the leg will be useless, and the patient unable to walk properly ever after. The bones forming the knee-joint are joined together by very strong ligaments which prevent the bones being displaced or dislocated. The shin-bone is much the stronger bone in the lower part of the leg, but there is a thin bone which runs down with it all the way to the ankle. At the ankle there is a bony swelling on each side, the inner one being the end of the shin-bone, the outer one the end of the slender bone of the leg. In the foot there are several bones, irregular in shape, the largest being the heel-bone, which helps to form the heel. In front of these irregular bones there are five long, thin bones, just like those in the palm of the hand. Lastly, each toe has three small toe-bones, and the big toe only two, just as in the case of the fingers and thumb. The legs are joined to the body by means of the hip- bones. When you place the 4 hands on hips,’ the hands rest upon the upper edge of the hip-bones. These are two very strong, irregularly - shaped bones, which are joined together in front at the lowest part of the trunk. Behind, they are very firmly bound to the spine by means of strong ligaments. The two hip-bones and the spine-bone to which they are joined, together form the
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