Word: tibia
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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There are two bones in the lower leg: the small fibula and the large tibia. Dr. Brockway cuts the tibia halfway through at right angles, slits it down to the desirable length, cuts it again at right angles to make a Z-shaped break. The fibula is cut slantwise. Pins are inserted in each bone above and below the break and after the flesh heals around them, are connected by a turnbuckle which is screwed 1/20 to 1/25th of an inch each day until the leg is stretched. The patient feels no pain during the stretching. Three inches...
Flat feet, according to Dr. Schwartz, are usually due to malalignment of the heel bone with the tibia (larger of the two long bones in the lower leg). Side swing of the heel throws all the muscles and tendons of the foot out of balance. "Since the tendons act as slings for the 26 bones of the foot," reasons Dr. Schwartz, "those bones then have a tendency to slip out of their anatomical arrangement...
...rearrange and brace the whole weakened structure he designed a shoe with a high, stiff, snug counter. This keeps the heel directly under the tibia, puts the heel in a straight line with the base and tip of the big toe, warps the instep into a springy arch. Shoes, according to Dr. Schwartz, must have heels to help throw the body forward while walking. Men's heels should be supported eight eighths of an inch-from the ground, women's fourteen eighths, says...
Said the doctors: "Fractured left tibia...
...Healy Building were documents telling how in 1843 Pope Gregory XVI sent Georgetown University the holy bones of three Roman Catholic martyrs. Georgetown had tucked the boxes away without opening them. Out in the daylight for the first time in 91 years the bones-teeth, bits of jaw, tibia, femur-were placed in a handsome new relic room in St. William's Chapel. In each box was a time-yellowed "authentic" identifying the saints whose bones the relics once were: Theophilus, Vincentius and Aelius, pagan Romans who became Christian, were martyred about...