The Shoulder Joint. — The shoulder joint, formed as it is by the shoulder-blade (scapula), collarbone (clavicle), and the arm bone, is most beautifully designed and executed. It comprises a shallow ball and socket joint, the supporting the freest rotary movements. The shallowness of the socket, however, accounts for the frequent dislocations of this joint; but that is compensated for by the EC, graceful carriage and swaying of the arm, which is deeper socket would not permit.

As in the section titled, “The Ribs” this section utilizes the word “freest”, I’m assuming this word is some sort of combination of the word free and est, which probably refers to the most amount of freedom allowed or something of that nature. Today we probably use the words maximum range of motion or maximum freedom war something of that nature. We might even use the word freest!

Now, I’m not really a betting man. I like to play cards and Texas Hold ‘em especially, but I’d be willing to be that the word freest is not a real word anymore. I may not being hitting the poker tables anytime soon with other bets, but I’ll take that one any day of the week.