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receives muscle fibres on its anterior surface to within three inches of 

 its lower end. Tibialis posticus, flexor longus digitorum and flexor 

 longus hallucis muscles show no departure from their normal size and 

 position so far as seen in the specimen. The muscles of the sole 

 of the foot are all normal in origin and insertion, and are little 

 diminished in size. The superficial layer may be defined, but the 

 muscle fibres are poorly developed and are mixed up with a COU- 



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siderable amount of fat, the bellies of the muscles being very soft and 

 friable. The deeper muscles are also infiltrated with fat and are much 

 matted, so that it is almost impossible to define them accurately. 



The bones of the foot as shown by the skiagram (Plate I.) are very 

 little changed. Every individual bone seems almost perfect in every 

 detail, so far as can be made out, and even the phalanges of the curled- 

 up toes are all present. The deformity seems to be brought about by 

 the excessive bending which has occurred at the various joints. The 

 tuberosity of the os calcis is much depressed, and consequently the 

 bone lies in a sloping position. The astragalus appears to be fairly 



