Stone's New Superlative Coat and Vest System: Based Upon the Proportions of the Human Form (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Stone's New Superlative Coat and Vest System: Based Upon the Proportions of the Human FormThe combined mass, or structure, is simply divided into the trunk and extremities. The trunk is composed of the head, the thorax, or ribs, with-the sternum or breast bone, the bones of the hips and the great vertebral column or back bone. The extremities are designated as superior and inferior, and are the arms and legs.The bones composing the spine or vertebral column are twenty-four in number. Seven are given to the neck (cervical), twelve to the back or ribs (dorsal), and five to the loins (lumbar). The combined column, with its intervening cartilages, measures on an average from two feet four inches to two feet eight inches, independent of its base, the os sacrum, and the terminating bones of the coccyx. It has, when viewed in profile, a curved or serpentine form. In the neck it is slightly concave: approaching and united with the os sacrum, it again becomes convex. There is also a slight curvature as seen from behind or' in front, its inclination being toward the left side. The intention of this deviation from the straight line is not satisfactorily explained.Each vertebra is supplied with transverse processes, or projections, articulating with the ribs, as well as others called oblique, which serve to connect the vertebrae with one another. The most prominent, however, and those which are most essential, as being most visible to the artist, are the Spino-us processes, having various directions according to their various amounts or directions of leverage in different vertebrae, and it will be well to note carefully the place of the seventh of the neck, called from its greater projection, vertebra prominens. The fifth also of those of the loins is worthy of notice, as most easily distinguishable.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.