50 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF [1897. 



The Abductor interims minimi cligiti of Burmeister could not be 

 traced further than the proximal end of the metatarsal bone, while 

 Burmeister states that it extends along the border of the metatarsus 

 together with the sheath of the Flexor long us to be inserted upon 

 the first phalanx. 



The Abductor hallucis arises from the distal end of the scaphoid 

 bone and is inserted on the fibular side of the first phalanx. The 

 Flexor brevis hallucis profundus takes origin from the cuneiform 

 bones as described by Burmeister, but the two heads named by him 

 do not exist nor is there connection with the first metatarsal as he 

 describes. It is inserted on the fibular side of the first phalanx. 



The Abductor minimi digiti and the Interossei interni are as de- 

 scribed by Burmeister. 



The Flexor brevis pollicis brevis is a thick, stout mass arising from 

 the cuneiform bones and inserted upon the fibular side of the base of 

 the first phalanx. Parallel to the foregoing, near the Transversalis 

 pedis and inserted just in advance of it, lies a muscle which corre- 

 sponds in the respects named to the Transversalis pedis profundus of 

 Burmeister. But it arises from the ecto-cuneiform bone and has no 

 connection in origin with the shafts of the metatarsi. Even the 

 Transversalis pedis is without origin from the second or third meta- 

 tarsi, but arises from the base of the second metatarsus and thus re- 

 calls the Abductor pollicis. 



The Abductor pollicis pedis arises from the tibial side of the head 

 of the second metatarsal bone. It is joined by the Transversalis 

 and a slip passes with this muscle to the base of the first phalanx of 

 the great toe, but the main belly is inserted into the second phalanx 

 of the great toe. 



Burmeister's account of the "Abductor /la/ZftciV is quite different 

 from the above. The muscle arises from the cuboid bone, is inti- 

 mately associated with the plantar aponeurosis, passes obliquely 

 across the sole, and is inserted on the under part of the first pha- 

 lanx of the great toe, as well as on the sheath of the tendon of the 

 Flexor long us pollicis. 



Thus the muscles of the toes are arranged sufficiently different 

 from those of T. tardus to suggest a distinct origin. The thumb is 

 drawn more powerfully toward the center of the wrist than toward 

 the fifth toe. In a word it is less opposable than is the case in T. 

 tardus. The fibres which yield the Abductor are not separable 

 from other fascicles which pass from the ecto-cuneiform forward, 



