Cooley's cyclopaedia of practical receipts and collateral information in the arts, manufactures, professions, and trades including medicine, pharmacy, hygiene, and domestic economy : designed as a comprehensive supplement to the Pharmacopoeia and general book of reference for the manufacturer, tradesman, amateur, and heads of families . r, a boot or shoe may beproductive of considerable inconvenience tothe wearer, as well as the cause of a certainamount of twisting out of place of the bones ofthe foot, without necessarily being too the consequences arising from theadoption of tig
Cooley's cyclopaedia of practical receipts and collateral information in the arts, manufactures, professions, and trades including medicine, pharmacy, hygiene, and domestic economy : designed as a comprehensive supplement to the Pharmacopoeia and general book of reference for the manufacturer, tradesman, amateur, and heads of families . r, a boot or shoe may beproductive of considerable inconvenience tothe wearer, as well as the cause of a certainamount of twisting out of place of the bones ofthe foot, without necessarily being too the consequences arising from theadoption of tightly fitting or badly constructedboots or shoes may be mentioned the fol-lowing :—Considerable bodily discomfort,and pain in walking; corns and bunions;growing in of the nails; chronic enlargementof the base of the great toe; caries or ulcera-tion of the bones of the feet; and flat these are not altogether minor evils maybe inferred when it is stated that, in order toobtain relief from the effects of a bunion,partial amputation of the foot has been some-times found necessary; that the first attacksof gout mostly seize the joint of the ball ofthe great toe when that joint has becomeweakened by displacement following the use offaulty boots and shoes; and that a flat footinterferes with the proper performance The above figure (No. 1) represents theskeleton of the foot with the bones whichform it in their natural position, and in whichthey are admirably adapted for executing thevarious movements required of them. DISTORTIONS 57t It will be seen to consist of twenty-sixbones, fourteen of whicli constitute the toes;the remaining twelve bones enter into theformation of what are termed the tarsusand metatarsus. The five long bones (a) are the metatarsalbones. The toes form joints with the forepart of these metatarsal bones. The remainingseven are the tarsal bones; b, which is one ofthese, is named the astragalus, and beinggripped on each side by a continuation f
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