Pathological catalogue of the museum of Guy's Hospital : bones, joints, muscles, tendons, aponeuroses, bursae, etc. / revised with numerous additions from the original catalogue of Dr. Hodgkin by Samuel Wilks.
- Wilks, Samuel, Sir, 1824-1911.
- Date:
- 1858
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Pathological catalogue of the museum of Guy's Hospital : bones, joints, muscles, tendons, aponeuroses, bursae, etc. / revised with numerous additions from the original catalogue of Dr. Hodgkin by Samuel Wilks. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.
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![brae, as is natural; while owing to the curvature of the spine to the right, its middle portion is opposite the angles of the left ribs. The projection of the back is formed by the right transverse processes with the angles of tlie ribs closely approximated. There is slight ankylosis between five of the ribs. 1006^^. Trunk of an adult, with extreme angular curvature of the dorsal vertebrae. The disease is quite repaired, and has affected the seven lower dorsal, and the two upper lumbar, these being united together into a mass of bone bent at an acute angle; a considerable portion of the bodies of the vertebra3 forming the upper and lower ends of this piece, remains perfect. The chest is much distorted, though sym- metrical; its diameter from above to below, is much shorter than any of its other measurements, the antero-posterior being nearly double that of the vertical diameter. The lower ribs reach slightly below the crest of the ilium. The vertical plane of the sternum is much anterior to that of the face. The pelvis is very deep. , From Dissecting-Room. , 1006'^^. Extreme angular curvature of the spine, and fusion of the diseased vertebraB into one solid bony mass. From Dissecting-Room. ] 006®^^ Natural skeleton of the trunk of an aged decrepit female with double lateral curvature affecting the lower half of the vertebral column. The lower curvature commences immediately above the sacrum by the inclination of the lumbar vertebrte to the left side, the lower bones facing the convexity on the left; the upper bones face naturally forwards, and then the lower dorsal twist in the opposite direction, producing the superior curvature to the right side, the spinous processes looking towards the concavity in each case. The superior curve commences with the upper lumbar, and ends with the sixth dorsal. Above this the spine is nearly straight, although there is a slight disposition to form a third curve above the other two, the principal one of which is that in the lumbar region. The](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28149439_0038.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
