. The diseases of children : medical and surgical. fig. 193. Osteomata arc usually sessile, com-posed of cancellous tissue capped with soft cartilaginous or myxochondro-matous tissue ; they most frequently spring from the neighbourhood of anepiphysial line, may be multiple, and are occasionally hereditary. Thesegrowths may require removal on account of their interference with themovements of a joint or of pain ; if chiselled or sawn through at the base,they do not recur. We have most often seen them at the upper end of thehumerus, as in the case quoted. Exosinsis.—Sarah E. T., age 10 years 6 m
. The diseases of children : medical and surgical. fig. 193. Osteomata arc usually sessile, com-posed of cancellous tissue capped with soft cartilaginous or myxochondro-matous tissue ; they most frequently spring from the neighbourhood of anepiphysial line, may be multiple, and are occasionally hereditary. Thesegrowths may require removal on account of their interference with themovements of a joint or of pain ; if chiselled or sawn through at the base,they do not recur. We have most often seen them at the upper end of thehumerus, as in the case quoted. Exosinsis.—Sarah E. T., age 10 years 6 months ; admitted January g, 1884. Timiourfirst noticed six weeks aofo ; has grown shghtly since ; no cause known. On admissionan exostosis as large as a good-sized wahiut was found on the posterior aspect of thehumerus, 2 inches below the acro-mion ; the swelling was bilobed. _,<:?^^^~^?Removed by chisel antiseptically on . ^January 17; the surface was cartila-ginous, the deeper part composed ofcancellous tissue. Wound healed onJanuary
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