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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    ing manner-The acetabulum has been the seat of ulceration, which has enlarged its cavity, destroyed part of its circumference, and opened a passage through its centre into the pelvis. The neck of the femur has been shortened; ossific matter has been deposited and accumulated upon it, to give support to the ilium as the head sank deeper into the articular cavity; and a small process of dense bone has arisen from the lower part of the neck of the femur, and passing into the obturator foramen, sup- ports, like a hook or crutch, the margin of the acetabulum. 198. A hip-joint, in which the acetabulum is greatly enlarged in consequence of ulceration; and the head of the femur diminished in size from the same cause. There had also been psoas abscess, which has alFected the inner surface of the os ilium. 199. A hip-joint, in which an abscess had formed, in consequence of which the acetabulum is enlarged, and the head of the femur diminished, as in the preceding specimen. [The abscess had extended within the pelvis beneath the iliacus internus muscle, or else from that situation had communicated with the joint, and become the cause of the disease in that part.] 200. A hip-joint, from a young subject, in which the acetabulum is ulcerated, and has ossific growths projecting into its cavity. The head of the femur is almost entirely destroyed by ulceration. 201. A hip-joint, in which the acetabulum is widened, and its margin destroyed by ulceration. The cartilaginous surface of the head of the femur has also been destroyed by ulceration. 202. A hip-joint, in which considerable progress had been made towards anchy- losis, in consequence of bony deposit in the cavity of the acetabulum, and on the head and neck of the femur. 203. The upper portion of a femur, showing alteration in the form of the head and neck, in consequence of disease in the hip-joint. 204. The upper portion of a femur, whose head is much flattened in consequence of disease in the hip-joint. 205. A similar specimen, but the alteration in form still more remarkable. 206. The upper portion of a femur, the head and neck of which are greatly attenuated, in consequence of disease in the hip-joint; and part of the great trochanter is destroyed by ulceration.
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