Pathological catalogue of the museum of Guy's Hospital : bones, joints, muscles, tendons, aponeuroses, bursae, etc. / Revised with numerous additions from the original catalogue of Dr. Hodgkin by Samuel Wilks.
- Wilks, Samuel, Sir, 1824-1911.
- Date:
- 1858
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Pathological catalogue of the museum of Guy's Hospital : bones, joints, muscles, tendons, aponeuroses, bursae, etc. / Revised with numerous additions from the original catalogue of Dr. Hodgkin by Samuel Wilks. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.
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![1000r>. Skeleton of a male subject, of which both the ossa femorum are greatly enlarged, from periosteal ii flammation induced by mercury. Both humeri and the left tibia are also affected, and some other bones slightly. 100010. Skeleton of a small female. The bones of the extremities, especially of the lower, are much distorted with rickets. The chest is prominent. The spine is well curved in the dorsal region, and then makes a considerable projection forward in the lumbar region, whereby the lower bones appear to sink into the pelvis, and the sacrum is thrust backward almost in a horizontal direction. The rami of the ischia and pubes are thrust outwards, and the tuberosities considerably everted. The ossa humeri are slightly bent forwards, and bones of forearm outward. The ossa femorum are bent outward and forward at their middle, which causes the condyles to meet or even overlap: the bones of the leg being curved in the same direction, cause the feet to be again thrust outwards. 100015. Skeleton of an adult male, long paraplegic, who was habi- tuated to the mode of locomotion which the former now indicates. Progression was performed by the arms and trunk, the legs being dragged along, as in the present atti- tude. It will be seen how, by long-continued exercise of the one, and disuse of the other, the bones of the upper extremities have become stronger than those of the lower. The parts resting on the ground appear to have been the tuberosities of the tibia, the inner malleolus and inner side of right foot, and dorsum of left foot. The spine is curved more than in the natural condition, the upper part of the dorsal region being thrust slightly forward, and the lower part much backward. ] 00020. Female skeleton, aged 3^ years, illustrating the effects of scrofulous disease. This is principally seen in the enlarge- ment of the right humerus, and in the ulceration of the ribs. 100025. Vertebral column, with ribs and pelvis attached, from a female aged 64. There is great lateral curvature of the upper](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28149014_0030.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
