Gardner's household medicine and sick-room guide : a description of the means of preserving health and the treatment of diseases, injuries, and emergencies.

  • Gardner, John, 1804-1880
Date:
1898
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Gardner's household medicine and sick-room guide : a description of the means of preserving health and the treatment of diseases, injuries, and emergencies. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The pelvis (fig. 3, l). -The spine below joins a pyramidal shaped bone, the sacrum. This is firmly wedged in between and united to the two haunch-bones—innominate bones—which curve round and meeting form a bony arch in front, the pubes. These three bones thus form a strong ring, enclosing an irregular Fig. 3.—The Pelvis, Thorax, and Upper Limb. 1. The pelvis. 2. Breast-bone or sternum. 3. Collar-bone or clavicle. 4. Shoulder-blade or scapula, seen behind the ribs lying on the back of the chest. 5. Humerus. 6. Radius. 7 Ulna. 8. Wrist or carpus. 9. Metacarpus. 10. Phalanges. 11. External condyle. 12. In- ternal condyle. The right hand is supinated, the left pronated. basin-shaped cavity, from which the name 1 pelvis ’ is derived. The sacrum has attached to its lower end the small rudimentary tail-bone, the coccyx. The pelvis supports the intestines and affords protection to the urinary bladder, lower bowel, and other organs. On the outer side of each haunch bone is a deep cup-shaped depression which receives the rounded head of the thigdi-bone. o The chest or thorax (fig. 1, 2) is formed by the spine behind, the breast-bone (sternum, fig. 3, 2) in front, and the ribs on each side. The ribs are attached to the spine by joints and to the breast-bone by means of intervening cartilages; they are long, springy bones which, though almost fixed both in front and behind, permit of considerable lateral movement, thus allowing the cavity of the chest to increase both from side to side and from before backwards in the act of breathing. The