INTRODUCTION 9 



action of the two rows of pads shall supplement one another 

 during the various movements of the parts of the hand or foot. If 

 the interdigital pads had been placed instead at the bases of the 

 digits, much of their value in assisting prehension, walking, and 

 the sense of touch would have been lost. 



The terms employed in the microscopical section are simple 

 and few and only such as are found in the usual anatomical 

 descriptions of the sldn. Figs. 52, 53 will be more particularly 

 referred to in their proper place, and the terminology of the 

 parts given. 



