The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-01-30
UNEQUAL ANATOMY.
Strange Differences In the Eyes and Other
Parts Of the Body.

Strange Differences In the Eyes and Other
Parts Of tho Body.
Some curious features are noted In
the inequality in size and influence of
corresponding parts of the human body.
The ears on the same head are probably
more alike than any other of the twin
organs of the body. Nevertheless, they
vary as regards thickness, length, shape
and position most remarkably in differ
emit individuals. If the ear, however,
on one side is delicate in size and con-
tour, the other win be the same, while
If the one looks like q dried fig the 9TH
er duplicates it in form and color. But
with the eye it is different. To say
nothing of the fact that one eye Is gen.
orally more open than the other, all
oculists agree that the cases where
The seeing powers of the two are equal
in the same head are very rare. Usually
men use the right eye the most Watch
makers, engrayers, microscopes and
mariners using the telescope apply
their right eye to the instrument and
generally oyerwork that organ. There
Is no good reason why both eyes should
not be equally strong, but they are not.
Tailors agree that the right shoulder
is almost always lower than the left.
This they account for by the universal
habit men have of resting the left ell
bow on the desk while writing, and to
the equally prevalent practice of those
VINO carry heavy burdens resting them
ON the right shoulder.
AS regards the arms and legs, there
is generally but slight difference. In
the size of the hands and feet there is
commonly great variation, and, curl
ously enough, while it is the right hand
that is generally bigger, it is the left
foot that often requires a larger sized
boot or shoe. Glovemakers give tho
proportion Of large right hands as 900 to
1000, which, by the way, approximates
to the proportion OF right-handed per-
sons In the community. The. size of
the hand is generally increased by la
Dor. If ladies are to be trusted as tt
the size OF the gloves they wear, the hui
man hand has grown smaller within the
last 20 years. But glovers tell differ
emit story. They confess to making all
ladies' gloves a half size smaIer than
they really are. This, they say, is be-
cause ladies almost invariably ask for
a size smaller glove than they should
wear.
There is nearly always difference
m the size of the hands. This is so
marked that the glove that fits the right
hand will wrinkle on the left, looking,
IN fact, too large. The left foot, as a
rule, is the larger. While the right |
hand and arm are generally better de-
'eioped and stronger, the opposite leg |
corresponds IN those particulars. It is
'ound that in athletic persons the ad-
'antage Of strength is often with the
eft foot. That is the foot we habitualT.
Itand upon, and it is the left foot that I
eads of In the walking. A man uses the
eft foot most ON the bicycle, and even
more so in mounting a horse. While
he constant Use of the right hand is
natter Of training monkeys use both
'qually), the more frequent use Of the
EFT foot would seem to be general
Iabit, hence that foot is in many c:rses
he stronger.-AlbanyA Argus.