Wells, Samuel R. (Samuel Roberts), 1820-1875 · New York, Fowler and Wells · leaf 316
mulated at the middle and upper part of the leg, form thecalf; below, tl^eytaper into a thick ten-don (a) connected withthe hinder extremityof the heel-bone, andcalled the Tendo Achil-les. The name, it needscarcely be said, refersto the tale of Thetisholding her son Achil-les by this part whenshe… … 1 ,? 6 Fig. 402.—Muscles of the Foot. 310 HANDS AND FEET. sion. We read, accordingly, he was finally killed by a woundin the heel.* The other two muscles (b and c) also descend from the legand terminate in tendons (b and c) which pass, one on eitherside, behind the projections (d and e) which we…
Physiognomy · Phrenology
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