Catalogue of the Hunterian collection in the Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons in London.

  • Royal College of Surgeons in London. Museum
Date:
1830-1831
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Credit: Catalogue of the Hunterian collection in the Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons in London. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    99. Part of a skull, of which the os frontis is very dense and much thickened; with irregular depressions and bony protuberances internally. 100. A calvaria, where inflammation has caused an almost entire obliteration of the sutures. [It is very much thickened in some parts, viz. at the frontal and parietal protuberances, and thin in others: it has also a singular os triquetrum in the sagittal suture.] 101. A vertical section of the calvaria of an adult. The parietal bone is much thickened near its centre: the os frontis is remarkably so. [This skull must have been of unusually small dimensions. There is no trace remain- ing of the coronal suture.] 102. A portion of an os frontis, and a portion of bone removed by the crown of a trepan, from skulls of considerable thickness. [They are apparently from difierent individuals, and are not so remarkable as some of the preceding.] 103. A vertical section of a skull with thickened parietes, especially the os frontis. 104. A calvaria, wherein the sutures are obliterated, and the parietes thickened and inclining to a spongy texture. The outer surface has a remarkable porous aspect, and the inner one is universally grooved and furrowed by vascular action. 105. A similar specimen, but afiected in a still greater degree. 106. An adult skull, of an extraordinary friable and spongy texture; and measuring, in almost every part, an inch and a quarter in thickness. It was found in digging a grave in Stepney churchyard, and was presented to Mr. Hunter by Mr. Patten, Surgeon, of RatclilF-cross. [The impres- sions of the blood-vessels on its inner surface are worthy of remark, on account of their great depth.] b. Of Cylindrical Bones. 107. The lower end of an os humeri, much thickened in consequence of inflam- mation. 108. A femur, to show swelling of its substance. On its surface may be observed the impressions of blood-vessels. 109. A similar specimen. 110. A femur, thickened towards its lower extremity, from inflammation.
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