Leonardo's Foot

by Carol Ann Rinzler

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  Appendix

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  INDEX

  A

  abortion, 31, 47, 51

  Abraham, Karl, 131

  Achilles tendon, 25, 41–42

  Adams, William, 43

  Adventures with the Missing Link (Dart), 13

  Africa, 12, 16, 17

  African-Americans

  flatfeet risk of, 73–75

  gout risk of, 107

  African Genesis (Ardrey), 19

  afterlife, 9, 138–39

  AIDS, 94–95

  Aikman, Troy, 56

  Albucasis, 102

  alms, 135–36

  amniotic bend syndrome, 46–47

  anatomy. See also specific anatomical parts

  ape, 13–14, 20–26

  for balance, 9, 23–24, 25–26

  biped, 5, 7–8, 12–18, 19–27

  dissection, 139–42

  ideal human, 6, 6–8, 32, 62, 62, 63, 69