A treatise on the diseases of infancy and childhood . l)alniar surface of the hand. The concavity of the thigh })resentstowards the median line and a little posteriorly. The natural bendof the femur being simply increased. The curvatures of the tibiaand fibula vary in difterent cases. If the infant has not walked,7 98 KACHITIS. their concavity is commonly directed forwards and inwards; butif it lias walked, outwards and backwards. Occasionally, the di-rection of the l)end on one side differs from that on the other. Sd Stage.—The third stage is that of reconstruction. After avariable period, de
A treatise on the diseases of infancy and childhood . l)alniar surface of the hand. The concavity of the thigh })resentstowards the median line and a little posteriorly. The natural bendof the femur being simply increased. The curvatures of the tibiaand fibula vary in difterent cases. If the infant has not walked,7 98 KACHITIS. their concavity is commonly directed forwards and inwards; butif it lias walked, outwards and backwards. Occasionally, the di-rection of the l)end on one side differs from that on the other. Sd Stage.—The third stage is that of reconstruction. After avariable period, dejDcnding on the severity of the disease and thestate of the constitution, the gelatiniform substance becomes moreconsistent, and points of calcareous matter appear here and therewithin it. The deposit of lime-salts continues, and the newly-formedbone again becomes firm and unyielding. It is generally cancellousin places where the original bone was of this character, though theextent of the new cancellous structure is apt to be different fromthat i
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