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  • An ankylosis of the bones of the fractured right femur (thigh-bone) and tibia (lower leg bone) (figs 1-2) and the radius and ulna (bones of the forearm) joined by a flexible callus (figs 3-4) Engraving, 1749.
  • Bones: six figures, including skeleton seen from front and back, cross section and surface of a bone, and a hand and foot. Line engraving by Kirkwood & Sons, 1813.
  • Sections through humerus and femur bones, two figures: the left illustration indicating a sarcoma (bone tumour) on the humerus bone, the right showing cancerous (?) metastases in the marrow of the femur. Chromolithograph by W. Gummelt, ca. 1897.
  • Sections through two femur bones: the left illustration indicating the red bone marrow, the right showing the marrow and lymphatics. Chromolithograph by W. Gummelt, ca. 1897.
  • SEM bone, HA crystals and new bone
  • SEM bone, eroded surface and new bone
  • Cartilage, trabecular bone and bone marrow in a mouse femur
  • Skull, pelvic bones and bones of the arm. Drawing, ca. 1800.
  • Bones and cross-sections of bones of an okapi and a giraffe. Lithograph by J. Green.
  • Ligaments of hip-bone and femur (thigh-bone). Ink and watercolour, 1830/1835?, after W. Cheselden, ca. 1733.