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Show EXPLANATION Or was nuns. xvi ligament which was formed This man had a fractured patella. The new ed with the integuments on the betwixt the portion of the bone incorporat elasticity in a ConSldel‘able fore part of the joint, so far as to destroy their degree. fell backward, and the The man carrying a burden, slipt, and it the integuments of the knee bending under him, the ligament, and with y of the joint. knee joint burst up, and disclosed the cavit A A, The torn integuments. PLATE VI. text This represents a section of the diseased nerve, spoken of in the . under the head of Tumours A A, The tibial nerve. B B, The fibular nerve. C C, The tibial nerve enlarged into a great tumour, which occupied the ham. 1) D, The surface exposed by cutting- the tumour in two parts. suw Mum E, The red granulatin g matter which occupied cells in the tumour, PLATE VII. This is a slight etching of the knee joint and popliteal artery. This case is given as an example of the effect of a torn popliteal artery, as distinguished from the common aneurism in this artery. A, The popliteal artery. B, The hole torn in the artery. C, The irregular projection of the shaft of the femur which tore the artery. D D, The coagulated blood condensed and united to the cellular mem-' brane, so as to make an irregular sac. , E, The capsule and integuments of the joint greatly dilated, in conse» quence of the aneurismal blood having been driven into thejoint. F, the patella raised from the femur, in consequence of the dilatation of the cavity of the joint. . G, A pencil introduced betwixt the heads of the bones, to shew the communication betwixt the irregular aneurism and the joint. N. B. The irregular bone which projects at C, is a consequence of a previous fracture of the femur ; or rather a kind of diastasis ; for, when a lad: the leg was forcibly twisted, and the apophysis of the femur broken off from the shaft of the bone. The patient was of mature years before this aneulism tOOk place, from an exertion of the muscles forcing the artery against the projecting bone. ' /"////z' / ' ., ‘ A‘J‘l‘Jnvv c attempt to unite B, The articulating surface of the femur exposed. The sary. neces was the integuments failed and amputation |