Child skeleton. 18th-century illustration of the skeleton of a child holding an adult femur (thigh bone) for comparison. This illustratio

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Child skeleton. 18th-century illustration of the skeleton of a child holding an adult femur (thigh bone) for comparison. This illustration is from 'Osteographia, or the Anatomy of the bones' (London, 1733) by English surgeon and anatomist William Cheselden (1688-1752). It was the first full and accurate description of the anatomy of the human skeletal system.

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