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Use of the Leg Muscles

March 22nd, 2008 at 3:10 pm » Comments (0)

Use of the Leg Muscles. – Is and the muscles observed in this plate are the principal instruments for carrying out the behest of the will in the act of walking, running, leaping, climbing, and the graceful, gliding motions of the interesting and captivating waltz; and although we see a complicated piece of machinery, yet [...]



THE LEG; ITS MECHANISM AND ITS WONDERFUL ENDOWMENTS

March 19th, 2008 at 2:44 pm » Comments (0)

Leg Muscle.- In every part of the human brain there is witnessed ample evidence of design, beauty of architecture, great skill, Finnish workmanship, and a perfect adaptability to the duties he performed.  This fact is strikingly illustrated in the beautifully executed color plates to which attention is now drawn, join as it does, at a [...]