_Feet._ Bursæ under tendo achillis small but distinct. Present over
both malleoli.
Metatarso-phalangeal joints D 1, 2, 3, rudimentary D 4 and 5
absent.
First phalangeal joints of D 1, 2, 3, 4, rudimentary absent
over D 5.
Second phalangeal joints absent on all digits.
_Hapale Jacchus_ I.
_Hand._ Lower end of ulna, which is very prominent, a bursa present,
over end of radius, _which is much less prominent_, absent.
Metacarpo-phalangeal joints, present in all.
First phalangeal joints, which are prominent, present in all
digits.
Second phalangeal joints absent in all.
_Foot._ Bursa under tendo achillis and over both malleoli.
Metatarso-phalangeal joints absent on D 1; present on D 2,
3, 4, 5.
First phalangeal joints, present in all.
Second phalangeal joints, absent in all.
_Cercopithecus Callitrichus_ J.
_Hand._ Dorsal surface of the whole hand shows no localised bursæ,
only a loose areolar tissue under the skin. Styloid
processes of radius and ulna no bursæ.
_Foot._ Dorsal surfaces over the whole foot similar to that of the
hand.
Bursæ present over both malleoli.
Well-formed small bursæ under tendo achillis.
_Cercopithecus Mona_ K.
_Hand and Foot._ Dorsal surfaces similar to those of J and similar
loose areolar tissue over styloid processes of ulna and
radius.
Bursæ over both malleoli.
Well-formed bursa under tendo achillis.
_Macacus Rhoesus_ L.
This specimen showed more examples of bursæ than the two
of Cercopithecus.
Bursæ present over styloid processes of ulna and radius,
also over metacarpo-phalangeal joints.
Bursa well-marked over malleoli and under tendo achillis.
Bursæ present over metacarpo-phalangeal and
metatarso-phalangeal joints.
No bursæ over phalangeal joints.
Further Undesigned Experiments.
The preceding facts as to the natural history of bursæ in man and
some lower Primates, even if they stood alone, are enough to produce
conviction as to the manner in which bursæ of all degrees of perfection
are formed by function, and point to the origin of the initial stages
of these structures. But they do not stand alone, for in man there
have been carried out certain undesigned experiments in a similar
direction, comparable to those described in the sections on direction
of hair and arrangement of papillary ridges. These demonstrate the
fact that frequent friction of skin over a hard surface has the power
of producing adventitious bursæ in regions where they are not found in
the normal state.
These adventitious bursæ are the following:--
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