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Show Of the "Boner of the Leg and Foot. 1262 Book Ill, firiw ,_.7,i,,, , "7, M iiicntmmr of the Foot is inferred. And the Bone of the Metatarfirr, adjoyning to the mlcflflflé little Toe (where it is articulated to the Tarflu) hath an eminent Procej‘s @2001?" L‘m" tending to the outfide of the Foot into which a Tendon of a Muldc is implanted. The Toes of the Foot (as well as the Fingers of the Hand) are enducd "tum. with three ranlts of Bones Jr, except the Great Toe, which is accommodated only with two Bones. The Bones of the lirll: Joynt (belonging to the Toes) are engraven with Tin-Burt‘s or 3g",§§‘1£i2'3‘ the Sinm, into which the Heads of the Bones of the Melahzrf/u are admitted, and are covered with Cartilages and fallned with l igaments for the more ealie and firm motion of the Joynts; and the {aid Bones terminate into Pro. tuberances, which are received into the Sinm of the Bones, relating to the fecond Joynt of the Fingers; and {o in like manner the Bones of the [econd HfF‘TL‘j}: " Joynt do end into Prominencies, entertained into Sockets of the third Joynty covered with Cartilages, and connected with Ligaments Mun And the Tendonsof the Foot, as well as thofe of the Hand, are inter- Smn‘ilBonts lifltfii‘fi-‘fig'ig lpetfed with divers (mall Bones (called Sefamoidea) from reltmbling the filfl‘fifiit Seeds of Sefami, Thefe Bones are diflErent in [hape and file. mail", Nd now I will {peak a clofe to Ofleolagy, in which I have givena brief . . Hillory of the Bones of Man's Body, with the Defcriptions of their leveral l'roceiles, Cartilages, Ligaments, Articulations, and Originations ‘7 To which, thatthe ()flcnlogy may be rendred {omewhat more compleat, I will add the Origens of the Bones of the lower Limbs, which come to maturity Prep by Rep. The Thigh-bone in the tWO firl't Months of a. Fwtut feemeth to be one rhc'rrmhf;;jg‘:;g,;§.;‘u, continued Cartilage, without the leafl footfiep of ajoynt, and at this time a ‘Mthere can be dili‘overed no appearance of the lefier Facile or Fibnlu. The Br-Hcg of ff,:;fjé",‘:"" In the Bones of the Tarfur, Metatarfiu‘, and Toes, Nature obit-tries the W ">650"- fame method as in Ctzrpur, Memrarpur, and Fingers of the Hand, which are iiilfiflrliitii: wholly Cartilaginous, except in Tome {mall points, which are the firltrudr22323;: ments of Ollification. illi'flilil.' the 0x Til/Le, amid: In the third Month there is fome appearance of Rich/{m ' r Fibula, which have lome beginnings of being rendred Bony: and [6 MW". "‘ Alemlarjitr is for the moi): part Carrilaginons, and hath little amel-ancc of the Tatellu. I . L'tl irihhili'cslbr grin/fiend . be- - (L :‘r Munili. . > and m the T‘wfi" and Mctdfttrffl In the fourth Month the tPim/[a 13 Grill" a s fume Centers of Oilification dilcover . theu. nmves7 and m the Bone of r < C ‘ ghts 5:1th h of . drau ' ts, roug A the lve I Poin ms rcce r firfl Toes, the lowe Joy ‘ lrrfi and mi In e rendred bony) when there IS novappearanc of it in the layms. Book HI. :3" In the fifth and fixth Months the Ed} point a eareth in o t f h Great Toe, and afterwards in the middle joynts ogprhe other T027: 0 t e In the 5m}, fixth, feventh, and eighth Months the 0' a 'emarir T‘b' Inthcfimr 11nd Film/4r, Turf}, Mctalarfi, and Digitomm' 10f€,muchgitieirChrtil-agz‘i‘: fix:h,levrrith . . and eighth nous nature, and by receivmg more earthy and faline Particles from the M°‘"m' m Blood, become more and more bony, and in the ninth Month the Joynts :{lif'i‘flfh}, ‘ Tmfl, Mew are finilhed, and the Scelenm of the whole Body attains to higher and higher tunantlcf Items. at. ' ' - greater firength and motion to it. ‘ giving degrees of perfection, some bony. |