. Anatomischer Anzeiger. Anatomy, Comparative; Anatomy, Comparative. 479 articulated. This bone was more salient than is usual, and dorsally stood out as a rather broad ridge. (Vide Figure.) Between it and the fifth metatarsal was a hollow which became more manifest when the outermost toe was strongly abducted. Inter-phalangeal joints which could be made out by manipulation, were present in the supernumerary toe, but only a very slight degree of flexion could be brought about spontaneously, even when the child flexed as forcibly as possible the adjoining fourth toe. I much regret not having se
. Anatomischer Anzeiger. Anatomy, Comparative; Anatomy, Comparative. 479 articulated. This bone was more salient than is usual, and dorsally stood out as a rather broad ridge. (Vide Figure.) Between it and the fifth metatarsal was a hollow which became more manifest when the outermost toe was strongly abducted. Inter-phalangeal joints which could be made out by manipulation, were present in the supernumerary toe, but only a very slight degree of flexion could be brought about spontaneously, even when the child flexed as forcibly as possible the adjoining fourth toe. I much regret not having secured an X-ray photograph which would have cleared up the question regarding the. Phot. C. J. Patten. Hyperdactyly in the Left Human Foot. Photographed from Nature. The heel is raised on a foot-rest and the foot viewed from the dorsal aspect. a Great toe, abducted, b Supernumerary fourth toe, closely adducted. c True fifth toe (occupying the outermost position in the foot), abducted and rotated, d Promi- nent ridge on the fourth metatarsal, e Placed in the hollow between the fourth and fifth metatarsals. ./" Fifth metatarsal. /' Spur of fifth metatarsal, g External malleolus. disposition of the tarsal and metatarsal bones; however, from the examination which I was able to make, it seems that the fourth meta- tarsal only was enlarged, its head being reduplicated so that its two articular surfaces formed joints respectively with the true fourth and the supernumerary fourth proximal phalanges, each of which, in turn, was succeeded by the ordinary number of distal phalanges. The Figure — reproduced from a photograph — shows the disposition of the toes when the child put all possible movement into them. The great. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Anatomische Gesellschaft. Jena : G. Fischer
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