The binding process is said to exert a markedly depressing influence upon the emotional character of the subject, which lasts through life, and is very characteristic.
To show how minute some of the feet of the Chinese women are, Figure I of the accompanying plate, taken from a paper by Kenthughes on the "Feet of Chinese Ladies" is from a photograph of a shoe that measured only 3 1/4 inches anteroposteriorly.

The foot which it was intended to fill must have been smaller still, for the bandage would take up a certain amount of space.

Figure II is a reproduction of a photograph of a foot measuring 5 1/2 inches anteroposteriorly, the wrinkled appearance of the skin being due to prolonged immersion in spirit.

This photograph shows well the characteristics of the Chinese foot--the prominent and vertically placed heel, which is raised generally about an inch from the level of the great toe; the sharp artificial cavus, produced by the altered position of the os calcis, and the downward deflection of the foot in front of the mediotarsal joint; the straight and downward pointing great toe, and the infolding of the smaller toes underneath the great toe.

In Figure III we have a photograph of the skeleton of a Chinese lady's foot about five inches in anteroposterior diameter.