Procrustes ante portas : why the shoe pinches : a contribution to applied anatomy / by Hermann Meyer ; translated from the German by John Stirling Craig.

  • Georg Hermann von Meyer
Date:
1860
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Credit: Procrustes ante portas : why the shoe pinches : a contribution to applied anatomy / by Hermann Meyer ; translated from the German by John Stirling Craig. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    STRUCTURE OF THE FOOT. ] 9 Fourteen of these bones belong to the toes, the remain- ing twelve enter into the formation of the tarsus and metatarsus. The metatarsal bones are the five c long bones (a). With the forepart of these the toes form joints. The re- maining seven are the tarsal bones, and one of these, the astragalus (b), is i embraced on each side by a projection \ d- (malleolus) from the bones of the leg, ) thus forming the ankle-joint. If the inner aspect of the foot is Fro. i. ; examined, we find that it is an arch, resting in front on the anterior heads of the five meta- tarsal bones (a), but principally on that of the great toe, and, on the calcaneum or heel (6) behind. The astragalus (c) forms the key-stone of the arch. The arch is enabled to retain its form by means of strong ligaments or bands passing from one bone to the others; and, thus held closely together, sustains the superincum- bent weight of the body without giving way. When we rest on the foot, as in standing, the arch is