Muscles of Leg and Foot, [42]. Purpose served by movements of Infants, [46]. Club-foot, [47]. Shape of the ankle, [48]. Length and direction of the heel, [50]. The Calf, ib.; characteristic of man, [53]. European Leg and Foot contrasted with Negro’s, [51]. Chinese foot, [54]. Tendency of different races to exaggerate their peculiarities, [56]. Provision for enabling balls of toes to adapt themselves to uneven surfaces, [57].
Standing, [59]. Bowing, Stooping and Squatting, [61]. Walking, [62]. Running, [64]. Trotting and Galloping, [67]. Rolling in walking, [69]. Sprained ankle, [70]. Mode in which foot revolves on the ground, [73]. Character shown in walking, [76]. The Idiot, [80]. The Drunkard, [81].
Distinctive features of the Human Foot, [82]; most marked in highest races, [91]. The Toes of small size and, comparatively, unimportant, [84]. The foot of the Elephant, [86]; of the Hippopotamus, Rhinoceros, Ox, and Horse, [87]; of the Gorilla, [88]. Proportions of the limbs, [94]. Foot and hand small in very short and very tall persons, [96]. The foot measure, [97].
Skin of the sole, [98]. On Shoes, [102].
THE HUMAN HAND.
Hand how distinguished from Foot, [109]. Construction of Upper limb, [110]. Small bones rarely dislocated, [112].
Movements at Shoulder very free, [114]; conducive to good development of Chest, [125]. Uses of Collar-bone, [116]. Injuries to Shoulder why so frequent, [119]. Shape of Chest, [122]; in Rhinoceros, [120]; in Monkey, [123].
Movements at the Elbow, [126]. Pronation and Supination of the forearm and hand, ib. No exactly corresponding movements in lower limb, [129]. Muscles by which they are effected, [130]. Anatomical reason for the direction in which we turn a screw or a gimlet, [132].
Structure and movements of the Wrist, [134]. Movements of the Fingers, [136]. Muscles by which they are effected, [137]. Movements of the Thumb, [141]; of the metacarpal bones upon the wrist, [143]. Advantage gained by the fingers and thumb all differing in length, [145]. Middle finger the centre about which the others move, [147]. On holding the Pen, ib. The direction in which the letters are slanted, [148]. Writing from left to right, [149]. Reason for the RING being placed upon the fourth finger, [150]. The “funny-bone,” [153].