Asian binding foot
Foot binding was the custom of applying tight binding to the feet of young girls to modify the shape of their feet. It was practiced in China from the Song dynasty.
19 Jun British photographer Jo Farrell is documenting a tradition that is dying out with China's oldest women: foot binding. Su Xi Rong's feet.
Inside The Disturbing Practice Of Chinese Foot Binding
Description:Abstract A year-old Chinese woman presented to our emergency department after a fall. Due to lower extremity pain, radiographs of both feet were obtained. No fractures were noted, but these images did reveal prominent pes cavus deformities and foreshortening of the feet, consistent with foot binding as a child.
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Date: 2018-07-07
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