Distinctive features of the Human Foot, 82; most marked in highest races, 91. The TOES of small size and, comparatively, unimportant, 84. The foot of the ELEPHANT, 86; of the HIPPOPOTAMUS, RHINOCEROS, OX, and HORSE, 87; of the GORILLA, 88. Proportions of the limbs, 94. Foot and hand small in very short and very tall persons, 96. The foot measure, 97. SKIN of the sole, 98. On SHOES, 102. THE HUMAN HAND. HAND how distinguished from FOOT, 109. Construction of Upper limb, 110. Small bones rarely dislocated, 112. Movements at SHOULDER very free, 114; conducive to good development of Chest, 125. Uses of COLLAR-BONE, 116. Injuries to Shoulder why so frequent, 119. Shape of CHEST, 122; in Rhinoceros, 120; in Monkey, 123. Movements at the ELBOW, 126. PRONATION and SUPINATION of the forearm and hand, _ib._ No exactly corresponding movements in lower limb, 129. MUSCLES by which they are effected, 130. Anatomical reason for the direction in which we turn a screw or a gimlet, 132. Structure and movements of the WRIST, 134. Movements of the FINGERS, 136. MUSCLES by which they are effected, 137. MOVEMENTS of the THUMB, 141; of the metacarpal bones upon the wrist, 143. Advantage gained by the fingers and thumb all differing in length, 145. Middle finger the centre about which the others move, 147. On holding the PEN, _ib._ The direction in which the letters are slanted, 148. WRITING from left to right, 149. Reason for the RING being placed upon the fourth finger, 150. The “funny-bone,” 153. The MONKEY’S HAND, 154, 187. The hand the organ of the WILL, 156; its relation to the MIND, 157; an organ of EXPRESSION, 159. SHAKING HANDS, 162. Why do we shake hands? 162. Why do we KISS? 164. Structure of the SKIN, 165. The Cuticle, 166; its uses, 167. The Rete Mucosum, 166. Cause of the colour of the Skin, 167. The Cutis, 168. Difference between a WART and a CORN, 170. How to cut Corns, 172. NAILS; their formation and growth, 173. Claws in lower animals, 173, 175. Sensitiveness of the Skin beneath the nails, 177. HAIRS; their formation, 178; colour, 179; uses, 180. OIL-GLANDS; their uses, the odour of their secretion, 180. SWEAT-GLANDS, 183; their structure, _ib._ The “Pores” of the Skin, 183. The moisture of the palm, 184. Cold Sweat, _ib._ FEELING and TOUCH, 185. Structure of the three parts in which they are most acute, _ib._ The “Pulps” of the fingers connected with peculiar shape of the bones, 186; their sensitiveness to cold, 187. Distinction between Common Feeling and the Sense of Touch, 188. Relation between the two in the Tongue, the Eye and the Hand, 189. The tentacle of a Polyp a rudimentary hand, 191. Acuteness of touch in man, 193; in BLIND persons, _ib._ Relation of the hand to the EYE and the MOUTH, 195. The Elephant’s Trunk, 197. CHEIROMANCY, 198. The LOCK-JAW fallacy, 200. Cause of the superiority of the RIGHT HAND, 201. “This unworthy hand!” 205. Explanation of Wood-cuts, 207. THE HUMAN FOOT.