ObstetricsA manual for students and practitioners . )ackward depression of thesymphysis, and the figure-of-eight detbrmity is caused. Rachitic MA LFORMATIOXS. 127 women are, as a nile, undersized, with short, curved Hmbs and large,prominent hips. There is often present some spinal curvature, and they Fig. Rachitic Pelvis. usually have a peculiar gait. The head is large and square and the fore-head prominent. Describe the osteomalacic pelvis. Osteomalacia, being a disease of adult life and occurring after thecomplete development of the bones, the deformities caused by it differ Fig. 35.

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