. Interstate medical journal . 134 26* 20 16i 100 Ainus, Caucasians, Northern Japan. Sandalwearers. Feet symptomless. Individuals examined, 5. Number too small for reliable conclusions. 20 20 20 40 100 Caucasians. Shoewearers. Under treatment for symptoms of weak- ness of the longitudinal arch. In- 19f 26f 100 12- 134 16| Analysis of table 14 shows that in the 536 individuals of differentraces, with symptomless feet, the American and primitive Negroes pre-sented a smaller percentage of low and a larger percentage of higharches than did the Caucasians. This contradicts a commonly accept-ed view
. Interstate medical journal . 134 26* 20 16i 100 Ainus, Caucasians, Northern Japan. Sandalwearers. Feet symptomless. Individuals examined, 5. Number too small for reliable conclusions. 20 20 20 40 100 Caucasians. Shoewearers. Under treatment for symptoms of weak- ness of the longitudinal arch. In- 19f 26f 100 12- 134 16| Analysis of table 14 shows that in the 536 individuals of differentraces, with symptomless feet, the American and primitive Negroes pre-sented a smaller percentage of low and a larger percentage of higharches than did the Caucasians. This contradicts a commonly accept-ed view. The Philippine Malay showed a somewhat larger per-centage of low arches than did either the Negro or thing shown in this table is that the 560 Caucasianfeet with symptoms of weakened arches, did not present a much largerpercentage of low arches than did the normal or symptomless Caucasianfeet The histories accompanying these 560 impression-records, show LONGITUDINAL ARCH AND THE FUNCTIONS OF THE FOOT. 685. Fig. 2.—Impression records of the normal feet of a Bagobo woman, PhilippineIslands. Note difference between right and left. that the feet with long standing or severe symptoms did not occur ofteneramong the lower arch-types than did those whose symptoms were mildor of short duration. While it is true that, usually, the impression records of the normalright and left foot of one individual are practically alike, there is, inoccasional instances, a marked difference, Fig. 2. This occurs in bothprimitives and shoe-wearers. So, too, in individuals with one footstrong and symptomless, and the other presenting symptoms of archstrain or weakness, the impression records of the two feet, while usuallythe same, show, occasionally, one arch to be lower than the other, andthe lower record is just as frequently made by the strong as by the weak-ened foot. M If these statistics are a fair index for all feet, one may be justified indrawing the following conclusions: 1.
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