This photograph shows
well the characteristics of the Chinese foot--the prominent and
vertically placed heel, which is raised generally about an inch
from the level of the great toe; the sharp artificial cavus,
produced by the altered position of the os calcis, and the
downward deflection of the foot in front of the mediotarsal
joint; the straight and downward pointing great toe, and the
infolding of the smaller toes underneath the great toe. In Figure
III we have a photograph of the skeleton of a Chinese lady's foot
about five inches in anteroposterior diameter. The mesial axis of
the os calcis is almost directly vertical, with a slight forward
inclination, forming a right angle with the bones in front of the
mediotarsal joint. The upper three-quarters of the anterior
articular surface of the calcis is not in contact with the
cuboid, the latter being depressed obliquely forward and
downward, the lower portion of the posterior facet on the cuboid
articulating with a new surface on the under portion of the bone.
The general shape of the bone closely resembles that of a normal
one--a marked contrast to its wasted condition and tapering
extremity in paralytic calcaneus. Extension and flexion at the
ankle are only limited by the shortness of the ligaments; there
is no opposition from the conformation of the bones.
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