. The cyclopædia of anatomy and physiology. Anatomy; Physiology; Zoology. Left Forearm. Case of O'Neil. It was stated that she never met with any accident, and that the peculiar deformity observable in each forearm and wrist-joint had existed from her birth. The writer, in continuation, observed, that while congenital malformation was known very frequently to affect simultaneously both sides of the body, yet it would, on the other hand, be very difficult for any one to suggest what pro- bable accidental causes could be imagined capable of dislocating the bones of both wrist- joints, in opposit
. The cyclopædia of anatomy and physiology. Anatomy; Physiology; Zoology. Left Forearm. Case of O'Neil. It was stated that she never met with any accident, and that the peculiar deformity observable in each forearm and wrist-joint had existed from her birth. The writer, in continuation, observed, that while congenital malformation was known very frequently to affect simultaneously both sides of the body, yet it would, on the other hand, be very difficult for any one to suggest what pro- bable accidental causes could be imagined capable of dislocating the bones of both wrist- joints, in opposite directions, as in the case of O'Neil: besides, the mere displacement of the bones of both forearms at the wrist-joint, con- stituted only a part of the abnormal state of things noticed, because both of the forearms were so short as to measure only half the length of the arm, and did not exceed in length the measurement of the long axis of the hand. The history of her case, then, from her birth — the negative evidence as to the existence of any previous accidental cause adequate to ac- count for the appearances, and the actual abnormal condition of both the upper extre- mities of O'Neil — all taken together, suffi- ciently proved her case to offer a curious spe- cimen of congenital malformation of both wrist-joints and ; When the writer presented this case to the meeting of the Pathological Society, he laid before the members two casts of the mal- formed extremities of the patient, and when the drawing of Cruveilhier's case (pi. 2. liv. ix.), was placed along side of the cast of the right forearm of O'Neil, every one pre- sent agreed in the opinion that the cast pre- sented an exact counter-part of Cruveilhier's drawing (Jig. 92k). Deborah O'Neil, five years subsequently to this date, died suddenly of apoplexy, in the Government Asylum, Island Bridge. Dr. 11 W. Smith, the surgeon of the institution, made a post mortem examination of the affected arti- culati
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