DOI Artikel:
Derry, Douglas Erith: Anatomical report (B)
DOI Seite / Zitierlink:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.18103#0050
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(2) A fracture of the neck of the left femur with head of bone lying loose
in the socket and much inflammatory adventitious bone surround-
ing the acetabulum and upper end of femur.
(3) A fracture of the right tibia and fibula at the junction of middle
and lower thirds. There has been excellent union, but there is
much thickening of the lower end of tibia, and both bones are
joined by an osseous bar.
(4) Four ribs about the middle of the series on the right side have been
fractured. Union is good.
In a boy of under 17, the internal condyle of humerus being still
separate as well as all the other secondary epiphyses of the long bones,
the " wisdom teeth " were found to be " cut " and on the same level
as the other teeth, and the right upper " wisdom" was carious.
There was also a large abscess-cavity at the root of the right upper
second molar, and the left upper first molar was carious and its root
inflamed. In the mandible the right second bicuspid was carious,
and right first and second molars gone and their alveoli absorbed.
The left second molar was represented by carious stumps.
Amongst the women, one, possibly not Nubian, had suppuration in
the walls of the right auditory meatus, causing a large round abscess
cavity, destroying both anterior and posterior walls of the meatus and
communicating with the middle ear, where presumably the mischief
began. Another woman, a young adult Negress, was found to have
a foetal head wedged in the pelvis. The body of the woman was lying
on the back with thighs wide apart and knees slightly flexed. Unfor-
tunately the pubic part of the pelvis was missing, but this afforded a
full view of the large foetal head. On further examination, the foetal
head was found to be placed with the occiput down and on a level with
the lower border of the ischial tuberosities. It was fixed in the right
occipito-anterior position, with chin against the left sacro-iliac joint.
The joint was noticed to be gaping widely (22 millimetres). The head,
even with the soft parts gone, fitted the pelvic cavity very closely, and
it was then noticed that the left parietal bone had overridden the
right to the extent of 23 millimetres. The same had happened with the
two halves of the frontal bone, but to a less degree. As there had not
been much, if any, disturbance of the bones, this pointed to great intra-
pelvic pressure. The child's head was then removed, and the cause of
the failure to give birth to it was discovered. As already stated, the
(2) A fracture of the neck of the left femur with head of bone lying loose
in the socket and much inflammatory adventitious bone surround-
ing the acetabulum and upper end of femur.
(3) A fracture of the right tibia and fibula at the junction of middle
and lower thirds. There has been excellent union, but there is
much thickening of the lower end of tibia, and both bones are
joined by an osseous bar.
(4) Four ribs about the middle of the series on the right side have been
fractured. Union is good.
In a boy of under 17, the internal condyle of humerus being still
separate as well as all the other secondary epiphyses of the long bones,
the " wisdom teeth " were found to be " cut " and on the same level
as the other teeth, and the right upper " wisdom" was carious.
There was also a large abscess-cavity at the root of the right upper
second molar, and the left upper first molar was carious and its root
inflamed. In the mandible the right second bicuspid was carious,
and right first and second molars gone and their alveoli absorbed.
The left second molar was represented by carious stumps.
Amongst the women, one, possibly not Nubian, had suppuration in
the walls of the right auditory meatus, causing a large round abscess
cavity, destroying both anterior and posterior walls of the meatus and
communicating with the middle ear, where presumably the mischief
began. Another woman, a young adult Negress, was found to have
a foetal head wedged in the pelvis. The body of the woman was lying
on the back with thighs wide apart and knees slightly flexed. Unfor-
tunately the pubic part of the pelvis was missing, but this afforded a
full view of the large foetal head. On further examination, the foetal
head was found to be placed with the occiput down and on a level with
the lower border of the ischial tuberosities. It was fixed in the right
occipito-anterior position, with chin against the left sacro-iliac joint.
The joint was noticed to be gaping widely (22 millimetres). The head,
even with the soft parts gone, fitted the pelvic cavity very closely, and
it was then noticed that the left parietal bone had overridden the
right to the extent of 23 millimetres. The same had happened with the
two halves of the frontal bone, but to a less degree. As there had not
been much, if any, disturbance of the bones, this pointed to great intra-
pelvic pressure. The child's head was then removed, and the cause of
the failure to give birth to it was discovered. As already stated, the