The Water-cure journal, and herald of reforms, devoted to physiology, hydropathy and the laws of life . s been cramped in such a way as tomake one toe ride upon its neighbor. If the reader wishes to know the scientificreasons why the foot should never be cramped,let him look at fig. 5, which represents the bonesof this part in a natural condition. Looking atthe cut, any one can imagine how easy it mustbe, by the pressure of a tight shoe, to force the * In from the HvDRopiTHic Family PnrsrgiASr. The same thing will be stillmore apparent when we con-sider the ligamentous con-nections that
The Water-cure journal, and herald of reforms, devoted to physiology, hydropathy and the laws of life . s been cramped in such a way as tomake one toe ride upon its neighbor. If the reader wishes to know the scientificreasons why the foot should never be cramped,let him look at fig. 5, which represents the bonesof this part in a natural condition. Looking atthe cut, any one can imagine how easy it mustbe, by the pressure of a tight shoe, to force the * In from the HvDRopiTHic Family PnrsrgiASr. The same thing will be stillmore apparent when we con-sider the ligamentous con-nections that exist in this partof the living body ; and it iseasy to conceive how import-ant it is to allow them tohave at all times the freestmotion and room for play. ^ The foot as well as thehand is formed in such a wayas to admit of a great varietyof motions, and hence a cor-responding variety of mus-cles and tendons are foundin the part. It is a law of theliving economy that muscularhealth and development canonly be secured by allowingthe muscles full room for ac-tion. The numerous n;iuscles Fig. 6, i^e=^. Q^gSA 26 ^d^ THE WATER-CURE JOURNAL. f and tendons concerned in the movements of the foot are v:e\\ represented in figs. G, 7, 8, and 9 ;and when we consider their variety and extent, Fig. 6. FiQ. 7.
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