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The anatomy of human bodies epitomiz'd : wherein all the parts of man's body, with their actions and uses, are succinctly describ'd, according to the newest doctrine of the most accurate and learned modern anatomists / by Tho. Gibson.

  • Gibson, Thomas, 1647-1722.
Date:
1688
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Credit: The anatomy of human bodies epitomiz'd : wherein all the parts of man's body, with their actions and uses, are succinctly describ'd, according to the newest doctrine of the most accurate and learned modern anatomists / by Tho. Gibson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Chap.XXxIIL. Of the Boxes of the Tarfus. 373 its procefs to the fide of the Ta/ws, makes there- with the Malleolus externus or outer Ankle, which is lower than the inner. CHAP. XXIII: Of the Bowes of the Tarfus. a » F the Foot (as of the Hand) there are three parts, Tar/us, Mdetatar{es, and the Toes, The Zarjus is the diftance between the lower end of the two Focils, and the beginning of the five long Bones which fuftain and are articulated with the Toes. Some call it the Injtep, but we have in the former book (of the Adu/cles ) named. it the Wrift, fappofing that by the Inftep the Metatarfus is rather underftood. It hath /even Bones much differing from one The Tar- another in bigne/fs and fhape. fis ges fe The firft is calied Talus or Affragalus (in Eng- fT Tae lifh,the-Ankle or Huckle-bone.) This is of a vari- — : ous figure: Above, it has fomething a convex head with a fhallow Szzas init, articulating with the Tzbiz, as is defcribed in the foregoing Chap- ter. By the procefs of the 7zdi2 that makes the inner Ankle it is hedged in as it were on the in- fide, as itis by that of the Fibula on the outer. Before, it has a long neck, on which grows a round head that enters into the Simws.of Os navi- culare 3 upon which. jointing the Foot is moved fideways. Its Ainder fide is rough, and in its up- per part has a tranfverfe Sivas for the receipt of the Ligament of the Tibia, and in is lower ais tic