Reproduction
Object numberRCSHC/P 693
Scientific nameHomo sapiens
CollectionHunterian
CategoryDry preparations
Object nameFemur, periostitis, Morbid Anatomy of Bones - Osteoplastic Periostitis, Un-mounted dry bone
DescriptionA left femur showing osteoplastic changes to the distal shaft as a result of inflammation below the periosteum.
A region of the distal shaft is encircled by various thicknesses of subperiosteal new bone. On the medial shaft these appear to have sclerosed, while in other areas they appear to still be associated with a chronic subperiosteal inflammation.
Production date Estimated 1760 - Estimated 1793
Preparator
Owner/user
presented
Related objectsRCSSC/HDB/4/1/352/2RCSSC/HDB/4/1/353/1RCSSC/HDB/4/1/352/1
Physical Location
LocationOn display in the Hunterian Museum, Room 4: The Long Gallery
Physical Information
Physical descriptionDry preparation of bone un-mounted.
Dimensions
whole weight: 414 g
Bibliography
SourceProger 1966-1972
Vol. 2, page 50.
TranscriptA femur of which the lower part of the shaft is enlarged by the superficial formation of new bone around it (osteoplastic periostitis). The formation appears to have taken place in distinct stages, nodules of finely cancellous bone having been deposited on the smoother and more compact layer surrounding the shaft. Higher up, the middle of the shaft is slightly enlarged by a thin layer of compact bone which has completely coalesced with the original wall.
Page 23.
NotesListed in William Clift's catalogue of the drawings of morbid anatomy as Drawing Nos. 25-26, page 23. Attributed by Clift to William Bell, so before 1789.
SourceClift 1830 Part 2
NotesCatalogue number is 112.
TranscriptA femur considerably thickened at its lower end. It is much curved, and convex anteriorly.
