New Physiognomy : or signs of character, as manifested through temperament and external forms, and especially in the "the human face divine." . the foot outwixxdi and a straighteaing of the sole, The^r^^ series of the movements just described is effected, mainly, by three muscles. Of these, one (a, fig. 401) rais-es the heel, while the other two (b, fig. 401, and c, fig. 402) raise and support the ankle. The muscle which acts upon the heel is one of the largest and most powerful in the body, and well it may be, for in raising the heel it has to raise the whole weight of the body. Its fibers, a
New Physiognomy : or signs of character, as manifested through temperament and external forms, and especially in the "the human face divine." . the foot outwixxdi and a straighteaing of the sole, The^r^^ series of the movements just described is effected, mainly, by three muscles. Of these, one (a, fig. 401) rais-es the heel, while the other two (b, fig. 401, and c, fig. 402) raise and support the ankle. The muscle which acts upon the heel is one of the largest and most powerful in the body, and well it may be, for in raising the heel it has to raise the whole weight of the body. Its fibers, accumulated at the middle and upper part of the leg, form thecalf; below, theytaper into a thick ten-don (a) connected withthe hinder extremityof the heel-bone, andcalled the Tendo Achil-les. The name, it needscarcely be said, refersto the tale of Thetisholdino; her son Achil-les by this part whenshe dipped him in theriver Styx. Her hand^ ^ ^ prevented the part from Fig. op the Foot. coming in COntact with the water, and so it did not partake of the invulnerabilitywhich was conferred upon the rest of his body by the immer«. 310 HANDS AND FEET. sion. We read, accordingly, he was finally killed by a woundin the heeL* The other two muscles (b and c) also descend from the legand terminate in tendons {b and c) which pass, one on eitherside, behind the projections (d and e) which we call respectively the inner and outer ankle, to the inner and outer edgesof the instep. They assist to raise the ankle, and support itso as to prevent its swerving from side to side; and they per-mit it to play to and fro upon them, like a pulley upon ropesrunning under it, in a safe and easy manner. The inner (J,fig. 401) of the two tendons passes, as before mentioned, be-neath the head of the key-bone, and adds greatly to thestrength of the arch. It is, moreover, the chief agent in efiect-ing the two movements which are associated with the elevationof the heel, viz., the turning of the sol
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