Provo Daily Enquirer | 1893-02-27 | Page 4 | The Great Toe

the great too toe the thumb and great toe of men are two jointed while the remaining fingers and toes are three jointed but in the examination of skeletons it has been observed that occasionally the little too toe is two jointed the middle and terminal phalanges having been so united that they ca can n i scarcely be distinguished this varia variation occurs more frequently in women than in men and usually affects both feet alike pressure sure of the shoes is believed to be one cause of it and dr who has hag made a special study of the subject has haa come to the conclusion that the little toe is in process of degeneration and that without its being possible to show that it is suffering an adapts adaptation tion to any external mechanically op operating influence