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Show EXPLANATION PLATE II. Plate II. Fro. 1. This represents the os innominatum and thigh bone destroyed by the hip disease. There had taken place an absorption of the bottom of the acetahulum, as Well its: oi'tlrc head ol'the thigh bone ; so that here the neck of the thigh bone is represented as proiecimi; into the pelvis. llel‘e n0 anchylosis took place, and the motion of the thigh hone in this unnatural position continued the inflainnmtion so as at last to exhaust the patient by hectic. A, The OS innominatum. B, The os pubis. C, The thigh bone. D, The head, or rather on), the neck, of the thigh bone, projecting into the cavity of the pelvis. , BUW 7. l N U lA .‘ F1 G. 2. In this figure is represented the caries of the vertebrm, which pre~ cedes their yielding to the pressure of the upper part of the trunk, and the ' ‘ ., --;s»r.:. we: tune-han'ar- "5..-" -. ,4 .. 5.5, "5.9"..."- J confirmed disease described under the term curvature of the spine. PLATE III. In this plate is represented the section ol'a part of the thigh bone, in the progress of union after fracture. A, The upper portion of the thigh bone. B, The lower portion ofthe thigh hone. (J, An intermediate portion ofthc bone, which is in a manner isolated. D D, A tough substance, by which the bones are united, before the new bone is deposited. "'e may call this the callus, being a tough bed, into which the bony matter is afterwards secreted. E E, The periosteum much thickened. l" l", The bony partidcs begun to be deposited in the callus° PLATE IV. I'm. 1. The fractured patella, with its ligament. A, The newly-termed ligament intermediate betwixt the portion of the fractured bone. 11, The upper portion of the patella, which was broken ofl', and receded with the quadriceps muscle of the thigh. (J, The lower portion of the patella. a Fr G. 2. 'Another specimen ofthc fractured patella. A, The natural ligament of the patella. ll, The lower portion of the lractured bone. (I. "7' "L" -"slafim~ 3*?" .~ p... . D, The ligament by which the patella is connected with the tibia. C, The intermediate tendon formed betwixt the fractured portions of the patella. ' (M H - |
