[Journals], 1908-1912
Page 112
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110 [illegible] With considerable difficulty I stuffed the flubber from the right flapper and cut away the surrounding matter, exposing the various elements of the foot. The formulae for the phalanges is as follows (see photo) I 2 II 8 III 7 IV 3 V 20 metacarpals 4. Let us take the 1st digit, the one nearest the anterior edge of the fin, which would correspond to the human interphalange - as the blubber etc, was all cut away with a small knife, there is not the slightest chance that any phalanges were ruined. The distance that the metacarpals are separated from the 1st phalanges of their respective digits, are as follows-- I = 80 mil II = 90