The workes of that famous chirurgion Ambrose Parey translated out of Latine and compared with the French. by Th: Johnson

CHAP. XXX. A Description of the Legge taken in generall.

AFter the hand followes the description of the legge. Wherefore to take a∣away all doubtfulnesse, we will first define the legge; then devide it into the parts more and lesse compound; thirdly we will prosecute all things common to all these parts; fourthly, those which are peculiar to each, and then, God willing, we will give an end to our Anatomy.

Now this word Crus, or Legge, is used two manner of wayes, that is, either ge∣nerally * 1.1 and specially, and specially againe after two sorts, that is, either absolutely and simply so, or with an adjunct. It is simply taken for all that which is betweene the knee and the foote. But with an adjunct for the greater bone thereof. But the legge taken in generall, is the instrument of going, containing all whatsoever is from the hipps, to the very ends of the toes. It is devided into three great parts, that is to

say, the Thigh, the Legge, or Shanke, and the Foote. By the thigh we meane that * 1.2 which lies betweene the hippe and the knee. By the legge, properly so called, or shanke, that which is contained betweene the knee and the foote. By the foote all from thence to the ends of the toes.

Againe, they devide the foote into three parts, that is, the Tarsus or Instep, the * 1.3 Pedion or top of the foote, and the Digitipedum, or toes. We understand by the in∣step, that which is contained in the first seven bones, which answers in proporti∣on to the wrest of the hand. By the top of the foot, that which is comprehended in the * 1.4 five following bones, which is answerable to the afterwrest That which remaines, we call the toes. But because all these parts have other common and proper parts, we will onely follow the distribution of the veines, arteries, and nerves; seeing we have sufficiently explained the rest, when we described the containing parts of the body in generall.

Notes

• * 1.1

  The diverse acception of the Legge.
• * 1.2

  The thigh. The legge or shanke. The foote.
• * 1.3

  The division of the foote. The Instep.
• * 1.4

  The top of the foote. The toes.