Radiographic examination of Chinese foot binding.
The authors present a radiographic case report of foot binding in a probable Chinese female. The radiographs, taken in 1948, are from an archival collection and represent severe, prolonged deformities of the left foot. Information supplied by a visiting anthropologist from Shanghai, China, adds to a knowledge and understanding of the custom of Chinese foot binding in both the past and the present.
Mann
R W
RW
Department of Anthropology, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC 20560.
Sledzik
P S
PS
Owsley
D W
DW
Droulette
M R
MR
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002681:China / Q000208:ethnology; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D003469:Culture; D005260:Female; D005531:Foot Deformities, Acquired / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000208:ethnology / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D011859:Radiography; D012495:San Francisco