On the arrangement of the cancellated osseous tissue in the foot, as illustrative of the mechanism of that organ / by H.V. Carter.

  • Carter, H. V. (Henry Vandyke), 1831-1897.
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[1863]
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Credit: On the arrangement of the cancellated osseous tissue in the foot, as illustrative of the mechanism of that organ / by H.V. Carter. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    THE ARRANGEMENT OF THE CANCELLATED .)SSEOUS TISSUE IN THE FOOT, AS ILLUSTRA- TVE OF THE MECHANISM OF THAT ORGAN.— ]y H. V. Carter, M.D. Presented to the Medical and Physical Society, October, 18G3. •3 hand of man has, since the monograph of Charles Bell ired, been to anatomists a favourite topic on which to in illustration of the mechanical structure of the human ; and the foot is no less worthy of notice, although ful- [ • a more limited rule. .lether in the scale of general development the pedal organ de the manual, whether man alone possesses a foot, J so called, and the corresponding part in the anthropo- aous apes be a modified prehensile instrument or not, r.iestions of some interest to the transcendental anatomist, ley will not be broached here. ) following brief notes refer only to some minute points r-ucture which curiosity led me to inquire into during a . absence from Bombay, nearly three years ago; and they Tered rather with the object of introducing variety into ■ -oceedings of this meeting, than with the idea of bringing rd anything very new, although the details they contain been independently worked out. ) foot is an instrument of station and locomotion, and ore requires strength or firmness, and elasticity, as well i.egree of mobility; and it is in the union of these appa- ' incongruous properties that we find mechanical design I evident. At present I refer only to the means by which lare or weight is supported and concussion sustained