Volume 11

Descriptive catalogue of the pathological specimens contained in the Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.

  • Royal College of Surgeons of England. Museum
Date:
1882-
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Descriptive catalogue of the pathological specimens contained in the Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    1068 b. Comminuted fracture of a right patella. A transverse line of fracture crosses the middle of the bone, and the upper fragment is divided by a vertical fissure passing through the external articular facet. The outer margin of the bone is also crushed. Stores, 1897. 1640 E. Right half of a sternum whh portions of the correspond¬ ing ribs and clavicle. The cut surface of the sternum shows that the cancellous tissue is replaced by a soft red substance which is enclosed by a thin layer of compact tissue and unaltered periosteum. The disease is least marked in the clavicle, where the compact tissue is in an early stage of destruction by the vascular new growth. At the inner end of the first rib a spontaneous fracture has occurred in consequence of the absorption of the bone by the new growth, which here formed a prominent swelling. [Spec, preserved in 50 per cent, glycerine.] 1640 F. The other half of the preceding sternum with portions of the corresponding ribs and clavicle, macerated. With the exception of the clavicle, all the bones are reduced to mere shells, and there are numerous perforations in the compact tissue. Several of the ribs show repaired fractures. See Prep. 2115 d. Presented with the preceding by Dr. Parkes Weber, 1897. 1920 A. Bones of a left hip-joint, showing changes which are probably due to locomotor ataxy (Charcot's joint disease). There is an old exl ra-articular fracture of the neck of the femur, and the position of the great trochanter is occupied by a thick cup of bone which encloses the back of the joint. The upper end of the shaft of the femur below the level of the trochanters is smooth from articulation with the front of the femoral neck and the bony cup above mentioned ; a considerable outgrowth of spongy bone overhangs its anterior surface, and probably represents an ossification in the ten¬ dinous expansions of tho vasti and crureus muscles. Presented by Sir Wm. Stokes, 1896.