THE HUMAN FOOT

AND THE

HUMAN HAND.

BY

G. M. HUMPHRY, M.D. F.R.S.

LECTURER ON ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY IN THE
UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE.

MACMILLAN AND CO.

Cambridge:

AND 23, HENRIETTA STREET, COVENT GARDEN,

London.

1861.

160.C. 38.

165.c.28.

THE following pages originated in two

popular Lectures which were delivered in Cambridge. In the preparation for publica

tion many additions have been made; but I have thought it best to retain the original form.

CONTENTS.

THE HUMAN FOOT.

WHY are the generality of persons so ignorant of the struc-

ture of their own bodies? p. 1. The dependence of the hand

upon the foot, 3. Principle of "division of Labour" illustrated

in the animal world, 4; and in the function of locomotion, 6.

Structure of Lower Limb, 8. Length of Leg in GIANTS, 9.

Bones of Foot, ib. Peculiarity of GREAT TOE, 10. Uniformity

in plan, and dissimilarity in detail seen throughout nature, 13.

Homologous parts in animals, 14. Comparison of Horse's Leg

with Man's, 15. The ARCH of the foot, 18; its elasticity greater

in the fore part than in the hinder, 21. The Component bones

held together by Ligaments, 24. WEAK ANKLE and FLAT FOOT,

27, 74; time of life at which they occur, 31. Injurious effects

of "High-lows," 29.

Movements of the FooT, 33; compared with those of the

HEAD, 35. Nature's abhorrence of straight lines illustrated by

shape of leg-bone, 37, and by movements of leg upon thigh, 39.

Sitting upon the heel, ib. Grecian and Egyptian statuary com-

pared, 40. Relation of PERFECTION and BEAUTY, 41.