Manual of pathological anatomy . or special changein the medullary cells; the generalappearance being rather that of passivethan of active ~ Haversian canals theoutwards, and from the cancelli andfrom the medullary cavity also out-wards, till only a thin shell of bone isleft, which perhaps escapes becausenourished by the periosteum. It seems,then, that the process is clearly oneconnected with the medullaprecisely in what way is not known. As the bones of the trunk are espe-cially liable to be attacked, the indi-vidual affected becomes reduced in sizefrom the collapse of the vertebralcolumn. A
Manual of pathological anatomy . or special changein the medullary cells; the generalappearance being rather that of passivethan of active ~ Haversian canals theoutwards, and from the cancelli andfrom the medullary cavity also out-wards, till only a thin shell of bone isleft, which perhaps escapes becausenourished by the periosteum. It seems,then, that the process is clearly oneconnected with the medullaprecisely in what way is not known. As the bones of the trunk are espe-cially liable to be attacked, the indi-vidual affected becomes reduced in sizefrom the collapse of the vertebralcolumn. A tall subject may thus beconverted into a dwarf; an instance ofwhich we had an occasion of seeing inthe Clinique of Professor Kilian, ofBonn. The individual was a marriedwoman whose stature had diminishedin this manner, and was doubly inter-esting from having in this conditionbecome the subject of a successfulCoesarean operation. It was subse-quent to her recovery from this ordealthat we saw her, and that she was sup-posed to be. though Section of a femur from a lady,aged thirty, atfected for someyears with mollities walls of the bone are thin,soft, and flexible ; the place ofits medullary and cancelloustissue is occupied by soft jelly-like transparent matter ofvarious shades, of yellow andpink, some of it deep crimson ;a similar kind of fat appearedto be diffused through theproper texture of the walls. (St. Bartholomews Museum,i. 233.) to be agam pregnant. enabled us to examine a similar instance, in which thedisease was also followed by contraction of the pelvis, rendering theCiesarean section necessary. Adults, and especially females, arethe subjects of the malady. It attacks women chiefly after they EHACHITIS, OE, RICKETS. 845 have commenced child-bearing. Mr. Curling* has collected six-teen cases, thirteen of which occurred in females, and three inmales. Eleven were fatal between thirty and forty. In none itshowed itself before puberty ; but two pat
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