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Show Book ill. 12.58 "bf-[lie 3mm of tbs ‘Tbigb, Leg, (Xe. m c . i,__.. Of Zbe "Boner of [/36 Leg mill Poof. BookllI, m \ TthrFil/ultz And according to the length of the Tibia the Fibula is disjoyned from it Z?j,‘,fif,'§.m in its other parts, which are very much fmallerthen where they are conjoyn. ed, whereupon the Appendices of the OJ Tibia being thick, mull neceliarily keep the bodies of the ()r Tibia: and Film/«c at a difiance, as being finaller then their Extremities, and are fomewhat nearer each Otlmr' where they are liraight', and a little below the middlein point of length, the Fibula is rendred crooked towards the Tibia, and rendred concave in its outfidc, The oirrni The inferior Appendices of the 0:Til1i.c and Fibnlie, make 2 Sim", into :‘r‘fi‘,j','f,"['fda" which the Falur with a murual ingrel‘s is articulated, by reafon in the lower mmmrd' region of the 01‘ 'Iibiw a large Sinur is engraven, which feeineth to be douAilouhlc 57- ble, and about the middle of them is placed a Protuberance fevering the laid iiiiiiffriftii Simir one from another a At theinfide of this Simir the lower Appendix of Galen is of an Opinion that the rPatella is endned with a l‘oit Cartilaginous {rrbli:iiice, which lL'cmeth to contradiet AutoPFy, efpecially in Perfong of mitmcflgs'i in whom the Compage of the Patel/a 15 found to be very hard andlblidlnShecp, Otter], and the like, this Bone is much longer and more nar. row theuiu Men, and in Fowls it is fhorter and broader. This Bone is formed by Nature to prevent a Luxation of the joynt When the Knee is highly bent forWard. The Extream l'oot is compofed of three ranks of Bones, of the Tar/u; Hermie: tiil‘g:?°‘fr'i,‘;r or "Pct/int", of the Mctatarfur, or Mctapedinm, and of the Toes. Ebfifli‘c‘fi‘ggcd the 0r Tibiw pafleth downward with a great Procefs, which in its outfide Tthzzr/Mr t is framed of lcven Bones very difl'erent in lhape and fizc; l,j"T"_‘;;' r... Thefii'i} is called the Tit/u; or Aflragalrrr, which is endued with a head, to fife", r, trivcd into the lo" er Simir of the GI Tibirc, from whole inner Procefs the painful" 5:;ij inner Ankle is conflituted, as t'rt‘ outward proceeds {mm the Fibula. (looking toward the Simu) is hollow, and isas well as the Simu fmooth, and incrufted with a Cartilage, and is prominent in the infide making the inner Ankle ', This Proccls in its lower Region, tending backward, obtains a rough Sim", from which a cartilaginous Ligament taketh its rife, tying the 0r Tibix to the Tit/rm ESQ??? (he The. Fibula hath two Heads (one above and the other below) termi- rrrumrc_cn- nating into an acute Procefs 5 The upper Head of the Fibula doth not climb ESLE‘QE‘ifiém {0 high as the Knee, and is entertained into a [hallow Sinus of the Dr Tibia: "mi" And the lower Head of the Fibula is received into a Cavity engraven into the 0: Tibiie, and the Fibula lends down a protuberant Head with a Procefs to the lide of the Tlilur, where it is outwardly very confpicuous, and is called the outward Ankle, feated fomewhat lower then the inner. mm To the anterior part of theKnee a little round Bone is affixed, (not un"f 1‘9 like alittle Target ) called by the Greek rim, as fomewhat i‘elEmbling a MilU‘ L" flone in the roundnels of its figure, and denominated by the Lariflr, (P.1iris: F 1. tellx i, as being lorncwhat like a little Difh in its orbicular lhape,as the Anti' cuts imagined. Thelrinihr‘ In its hinder region (looking toward the Thigh) it is for the moll: part lifg'fifflflc immurcd with a hnooth and flippery Cartilage, and with a Protuberance and :‘filim‘lg‘ Sinur, elegantly/"fitted to the anterior part of the Heads, relating to the W "‘39:: lower region of the Thigh-bone, and according to its length, jsadorued r of with a large Prominence, entring into aSimir, engraven in the anterior P3" of the Heads, belonging to the Thigh-bone 3 and on each Tide of this Protuberance, one Simir is feared, receiving the prominent parts of the heads of the Thigh-bone incruf'ted with a Cartilage. And the outward Head of the laid Bone doth incline more forward tllm the inward Head, and is more largely covered with a thin Cartilage; 30 am) '1 'w- 51-"ch oillr l'arsL'i. the outWard Sinur of the Patel/ii (placed at the outfide of its Protuberance ) is more large and broad then the inward Simu. The rPatel/ii in that part, (wherein it is contiguous to the Thigh-bone) is finooth and flippery, and in its anteriorregion and fides it is rough, 2"" bell-t with fome oblture holes, and in its hinder part, is carried downwar with an acute Procefs, and is rough, and adorned with finall holes: ‘1‘" " trienrtfirr‘ihrs nught be the more fitly conyoyned to the Tendons, appertaining to the Ten,,|,_ WC' iors of the Thigh. iiiiiiir‘r‘i‘r (lust And this is peculiar to the (Paralla, that it is not tied to any Bone by the help of Ligaments, but flrongly faitned only by Tendons (palling OVCY "5 Joynt of the Knee) to the Bone of the Thigh. Gil/in Tii-rl'r-lrln‘i: This hone in its {ore-part emits a Prominence, received into the Siimr of f:?,'r'\",'r‘,‘u the 0; Naq'lc‘lllrlrf) and hath a lower l'rotuberauce, which is conjoyned with i":7‘.'f;."f the OJ" (altlf. The 0; Til/l feemeth to be circumferibed with four Sides or Ribs ; The litll: and iecond feem, according to their Sides, to run round in an Orb acpart ofthe {aid about the anterior is carried a The third cording to their length ‘ . . . Bone; And the fourth maketh its progrels about the pollerior part of it 3 So that this Bone appears after fome manner to be adorned with a quadrangular figure. The Protuberance of the Tali", according to its Sides (by which it is contiguous to the Anltlts) is cornpreflEd, and incrufied with a linooth Car- 1-,, rm 0, "Tn'w‘tc‘ IHLKll H) be mlovnpi "iih a viuai i" nguin figure. tilage, though not every way alike; In the infide it is very little comprefled, becaufe the Procels (relating to thelower Appendix of the 0; fibm) malteth theinncr Ankle~ and this containing a lide of the 11111:, is incrufled for a the Pro» little [pace with a linooth Cartilage ; but the outlide, belonging to tuberancc of this Bone, is much hollowed, and covered fora great {pace With aCartilage, that it might form a fit place to which the inner lrde of the outer Ankle might agree, which maketh its progrels lower then the mnerAnklebone 1 '[ r "‘ uric-r2333" ' and Iibuhi, ti . all the loyntof the TJIHJ‘ With the Bone ol" the 'fzuziz, And -tl:7ba's "113:" ' him , con "I any itnout \\ extended "I and i the ffalm‘ is Dent a reception, and their' mutual - :rr 1hh S' I iiiiiir‘lit-ii . .. ' lateral motion. liderahle ~ "m. h.m. IIIIJJ‘, ‘ long a With endued is And in the outiicle of the inner Ankle-bone‘ ' ' ' ; . l) _ out of which a cartilaginous Ligament (fallning the It!!!" to me Or Timur .: afigug? wrth cngriwen is 'ioulur the of iide inner the And rile; its takrth » , -- . o !, outer lfL' Smut for the reception of the laid Ligament, and moreover the coming outfoLtnc . Ligament, a admit might it that hollowed, is Till?" [he , innerfidc oithe Qum- Anklc-bone; And upon the account of the ei :ga- __ at the loot oi (lit; inL-('L_Lll- ». "mm, the hinder region of the Tilltlf - (placed ' . i r7 to entertain the l igamcnts, taking t icir ‘orraipla1 bed Protuberance) is rough . . t . . emit other Ligaments to e [Ion horn the OJ Tibitc, and the 'Li/iu‘ doth . , OI Calrir A ' liollovrted. wrrh is f Tit/w ' the . or ' region binder the ' roughnefs this helide And {$in fiSimir {or the reception of the Tendons oi NIFMCS; Frotn'f‘lelanterigi 318‘ mt", n." (i round has - 1de o itJ, ‘ arrettano . ' ' inner the a ‘ '1 chicilyTrom and Tilt", the ol Elon 5‘ - familial"Neck which making its progrels for Tome fpace terminates my a (incruiiet! with 1 flipper"; Cartil ‘ge ) which is received into ahdrpep "ml-(o mm. - t e ‘00: nm es roaJ'mmnf htlp '- . ' . by whole '- an in titulation, 3 H ‘ as ' making, T 11 nd the 0i Nit/lthe 0r Nae'itrrljre, or l i: e. . ‘ l.lECl';‘il motion an Ohlcute ‘4 |