THE SOLE OF THE FOOT. 



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a transverse line be drawn across the foot from the 

 tuberosity of the fifth metatarsal bone, it falls on the 

 inside of the foot, two-thirds of an inch behind the re- 

 quired spot ; (2) in following the inner edge of the foot 

 from behind forwards, an inch in front of the malleolus 

 is the projection of the scaphoid ; the joint is one inch in 

 front of this. The articulation of the first metatarsal 

 bone with the inner cuneiform is oblique from within 

 outwards, and about a quarter of an inch in front of the 

 third. The line of the joint is rendered irregular by the 

 jutting into the tarsus of the second metacarpal bone, 

 which is wedged in between the inner and outer cunei- 

 form bones, its line of articulation lying about half an 

 inch behind the anterior articular surface of the inner 



FIG. 40. 



Rough sketch of portion of tarsus removed in A. Key's amputation. 

 B. Chopart. D. Roux. c. Pirogoff. 



cuneiform, and about a quarter of an inch behind the 

 anterior articular surface of the outer cuneiform bone. 

 The joint of the third with the scaphoid is almost trans- 

 verse : that of the fourth is curved ; and that of the fifth 



