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the L type was the commonest and his results are confirmed by my 

 examination of over 2000 persons. Pfitzner (1901 et seq.) and Weissen- 

 berg (1895) found this the commonest type in Germany. 



2. (Figs. 1 and 2, ii) in which the second toe protrudes not only 

 beyond the 3rd, 4th and 5th toes, but also beyond the first. Hence the 

 outline in this case is an arc. This type of foot will be called 8 (short 

 great toe). It is much less common than the L type ; but, in spite of 

 this, it occurs constantly in ancient and modem statues and in nearly 

 all pictures, although usually in an exaggerated form. 



3. (Fig. 1, III) in which the first and second toes are of the same 

 length but longer than toes 3, 4 and 5. This type is called E. Even 

 a supei-ficial observer w^ould gather the impression that this type 

 seldom occurs and careful observation shows it to be very unusual. 



The feet of the same individual are usually of the same type, but 

 not very rarely one foot may be L and the other 8. For convenience 

 the combination of right S and left L is called A (Figs. 1, iv and 2, iii), 

 and left S and right L is called B (Fig. 1, v). Combinations of E with 

 another type have not been met with. 



The analysis was made as the result of examining 2801 persons, 

 1461 males and 840 females, found in 22 institutes and schools. (See 

 Table II.) 



It was desirable to see the feet of adults as well as of children, but 

 as adults are curiously unwilling to show their feet, I was obliged very 

 largely to confine myself to persons under 18. This limitation, however, 

 need not invalidate the results, for, as will be seen, the proportions are 

 not materially changed with increasing age. 



TABLE I. 



Weissenberg (1895) analysed, as shown in Table I, the feet of 1009 

 Jewish children and adults and found that there was no measurable 



