Descriptive catalogue of the anatomical museum of the Boston society for medical improvement / by J.B.S. Jackson.

  • Jackson, J. B. S. (John Barnard Swett), 1806-1879.
Date:
1847
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Credit: Descriptive catalogue of the anatomical museum of the Boston society for medical improvement / by J.B.S. Jackson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    HEALTHY BONES. 13. A cranium. > 14. A very beautiful French preparation. The bones of the cranium are disarticulated, and mounted, so as to be seen separately and in relation. The bloodvessels and nerves are also represented, and the alveoli are cut away to show the teeth. Dr. George C. Shattuck, Jr. 15. A skull, from which the bones of the face have been removed. 16. Vault of the cranium. 17. A skull prepared in Paris; shows a longitudinal section, and a dissection of the internal ear. Dr. Charles T. Jackson. 18. A skull prepared, by a section through the bones of the face, to show the sinuses and their relations. 19. Sections, mostly longitudinal, of the dorsal, lumbar and sacral vertebrae, sternum, humerus, radius, ulna, upper and lower extremities of the femur, tibia, fibula, os innominatum and os calcis. hi. Effects of Old Age. 20. Edentulous lower jaw, with others more or less so. 21. Edentulous upper jaw, the alveolar portion being at one part extremely thin. 22. Base of the skull, showing finely the change of the bone in case of senile atrophy, and contrasting well, in the lightness of its structure, with the last specimen ; the alveoli here also are completely absorbed. iv. Structure. 23. Calcined bone. 24. Humerus and ulna of an adult, from which the earthy matter