2. Proceed in the same manner for the third and fourth fingers, always beginning with the bone nearest the tip of the finger, and touching that at the lowest part last.
If the exercise has been properly performed, every child will say "Nineteen" as its index finger touches the lowest bone of the little finger, and all the fingers of every left hand will be outspread.
THE BONES
| OF THE HEAD: | |
| Skull | 8 |
| Face, including the lower jaw | 14 |
| Tongue | 1 |
| Ears | 8 |
| —— | |
| 31 | |
| OF THE TRUNK: | |
| Spine | 24 |
| Ribs | 24 |
| Breastbone | 8 |
| Shoulder blades | 2 |
| Collar bones | 2 |
| —— | |
| 60 | |
| OF THE UPPER LIMBS: | |
| Upper arms | 1 x 2 = 2 |
| Fore-arms | 2 x 2 = 4 |
| Wrists | 8 x 2 = 16 |
| Hands | 19 x 2 = 38 |
| —— | |
| 60 | |
| OF THE LOWER LIMBS: | |
| Thighs | 1 x 2 = 2 |
| Knee-pans | 1 x 2 = 2 |
| Lower legs | 2 x 2 = 4 |
| Feet | 26 x 2 = 52 |
| —— | |
| 60 | |
Total, 211, not including the teeth.[[1]]
We teach the children to say "about two hundred," because there is not always the same number of bones in the body. In some parts two or three bones unite and form one bone. For example: the breastbone of a child is made up of eight pieces; some of these unite as it becomes older, so that when fully grown it has but three pieces in this bone.
[1] The teeth are not bone, but a kind of soft, bone-like substance, called dentine. Common ivory is dentine.