THE INFLICT'ED TALIPES OF T HE 
CHINESE 
FRANK JEANS. M.A.. M.B., B.C., Cantab, F.R.C.S, Eng. 
HOSORABT ASSISTANT SURGEON. ROYAL INFIRMARY, LlVKRTOOl., 
LATE DEMONSTRATOR OF ANATOMY IN THE. I'NIVERSITY 
{Received for publication November, iQoSJ 
Actual specimens of the feet of Chinese women are sufficiently 
rare in this country to warrant the following remarks, which are 
relative to a foot kindly presented to the Museum of the Liverpool 
Tropical School of Medicine by Dr. J. Bell, Hong Kong. Since there 
are in the Museum of the College of Surgeons of England, and 
elsewhere, fully dissected specimens, it was considered advisable to 
keep this one in its entirety. It consists of a left foot and the lower 
end of the leg, the section having been made straight across the limb, 
i| inches above the inner malleolus. The age of the subject is 
unknown, but it is certainly the foot of an adult woman. The 
following are some of the more important measurements : 
Total length, 5^ inches. 
Breadth at metatarso-phalangeal joint, 3 inches. 
Height from the ground to upper surface of scaphoid, 3 inches. 
Maximum height from the ground to lower surface of soft 
tissues, I inch. 
Distance between the supporting points, 3 inches. 
The most striking point at first sight is that the fifth toe is little 
more than half the distance from the heel to the tip of the great toe. 
This description conveys, more than actual measurements, the degree 
of antero-posterior shortening present. But it may be mentioned, or 
the sake of comparison, that normally the fifth toe is situated at a 
distance from the heel of eight-elevenths of the total measurement. 
The position is, roughly, in surgical terms one of Pes Cavus, 
accompanied by a varoid deformity of the outer three toes, and a 
valgoid position of the inner two. The transverse creases often 
in talipes acquired from any cause are plainly visible. 
horizontally behind the Tendo Achillis, above the heel. e eep 
furrow across the sole divides the foot as a supporting structure 
