20 ON THE ANATOMY OF T#E 



Proportions of the Lower Extremity. 



Length from the top of the great trochanter 



to the tip of the middle finger, =17.8 



Length of leg and thigh from the same point, 



to the lower end of fibula, 12.0 



— < of femur, following its curvature, 6.8 



in a straight line, 6.4 



Length of the head and neck of the femur, ......1.4 



of the tibia, 5.7 



— of the fibula, 4.9 



of the foot, from extremity of os calcis 



to tip of middle finger, 5.7 



Breadth of the foot across the lower end of 



the metatarsus, 1.4 



Length of the foot along its upper surface, 



from end of tibia, * 4.4 



of the thumb, (metacarp. 1.3, first ph. 



0.8, second ph. 0.4), 2.5 



of the 2d finger, (metacarp 1.6, first 



ph. 1.0, second ph. 0.5, third ph. 0.2), 3.3 



of the 3d finger, (metacarp 1.5, first 



ph. 1 .2, second ph. 0.7, third ph. 0.2), 3.6 



— of the 4th finger, (metacarp 1.5, first 



ph. 1.1, second ph. 0.7, third ph. 0.2), 3.5 



, of the 5th finger, (metacarp 1.6, first 



ph. 0 8, secoiH! ph. 0.5, third ph. 0.2), 3.1 



