Cunningham and Brooks — The Feroneus Quinti Digiti. 81 
Macalister,' and Testut,® and they indicate a tendency on tlie part of 
this muscle, not only to separate itself from the peroneus brevis, but 
to descend to the foot for its origin, and range itself alongside its former 
companion, the extensor brevis I. -IV. 
From what has been said, it will be seen that the peroneus quinti 
digiti oiffers a very striking example of atavism, or reversion to a former 
type. 
' Macalister, Froc. Roy. Irish Acad., vol. i., 2nd series. Science. 
^ Testut, Les Anomalies musculairea chez I'homme. 
E. 1. A. PKOC, SER. III., VOL. I. 
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