title: Radiographic examination of Chinese foot binding.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anthropology, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC 20560.
authors.forename: R W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Mann
authors.forename: P S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Sledzik
authors.forename: D W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Owsley
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Droulette
mesh_terms: 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