. A treatise on dislocations and fractures of the joints. close cancellated structure, and iscovered with a shell of considerablethickness ; but in old subjects, thecancellated structure degeneratesinto a coarse net-work, loaded withadipose matter, and the shell whichcovers it becomes so thin, thatwhen a section is made throughthe middle of the head and cervix,it is found diaphanous; of this Ihave several specimens. As the * The reader will not fail to notice thefidelity with which the artist has de-lineated the minute structure of thesebones. 17

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