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very distinctly see the resemblance it has to the 

 same bone in the horse in the skeletons of those 

 who, during life, used their fingers in hard, heavy 

 toil. 



52. — The next three bones are sessamoid bones, 

 and are very specially more related with the long 

 tendons which stretch from the back of the knee 

 to the foot. 



So much for the ' bars ' of our levers which we 

 saw were in the animal, the bones. Now for the 

 powers of the animal levers which we saw were 

 the muscles with their tendons. 



53. — On referring to Fig. 8, E, it will be seen 

 that we have the bones of the fore extremity hid- 

 den or clothed by their muscles. This, however, 

 is a picture or a faithful representation of the 

 parts as they are in reality, and as the origins 

 (fixed points) of the muscles and thek insertions 

 (moveable points) are very numerous, it will be 

 useless to describe the origin and insertion of 

 each muscle, but by the aid of diagrams we can 

 see these living levers to greater advantage. I 

 Avill, however, draw your special attention to two 

 things. First, you ought to get a mental picture 

 of this Fig. 8, E, in order that you may be able to 

 recognize it as seen in the hving horse, covered, 

 however, by the skin. Secondly, please to notice 

 that all the parts from just above the the ' knee ' 

 are made up of the bellies or contracting parts of 

 the muscles with hardly any visible tendon, but 

 that from just above the knee to the foot all is 

 tendon and bone together, not a single belli/ of 

 muscle. Perhaps there is a third point you had 



