On deformities of the chest and spine / [William Coulson].

  • William Coulson
Date:
1839
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Credit: On deformities of the chest and spine / [William Coulson]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    SECTION I. STRUCTURE OF THE CHEST. ALL who have seen a skeleton know that the chest forms a cavity protected by a frame-work of bones. These are, first, the back-bone (consisting of vertebre, or short bones jointed to one another), which sustains the whole upper part of the trunk, as well as the head ; secondly, the breast-bone, about seven or eight inches long, and composed of three pieces ; ba thirdly, the ribs, of which there are generally twenty-four. The bones of the spine which enter into the formation of the chest, and to which the ribs are attached behind, are twelve in number; between each, there is an elastic substance called intervertebral cartilage; and the whole are firmly joined together by means of strong ligaments. As to general form, each bone increases in depth,
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