...Moreover, " the diminution of the inorganic component parts had so far proceeded that the neck and lower end of the femur and the upper end of the tibia had become quite cartilaginous, soft, and flexible." Later the bones hypertrophied, especially in young...

...which they are decidedly rare. They are of rather more frequent occurrence in males than in females. The lower end of the femur and the upper end of the tibia are by far the commonest seats of myeloid tumors. Of seventy cases tabulated by Gross, no less than thirty-eight...

...bones connecting the shafts with the epiphysis, and sometimes a little above this ; the two extremities of the femur and the upper end of the tibia are the most frequently affected in this way ; occasionally the upper end of the humérus shows a similar fracture. The ribs...

...knee is rolled in or out, the trochanter follows the motion. 166. The knee is a hinge-joint formed by the lower end of the femur and the upper end of the ttina or principal bone of the leg. The massive muscles on the front of the thigh are inserted by a...

...which they aro decidedly rare. They are of rather more frequent occurrence in males than in females. The lower end of the femur and the upper end of the til" a are by far the commonest seats of myeloid tumors. Of seventy cas* 8 tabulateli by Gross, no...

...articular extremities ol the long pones, ana some pones are more prone to be affecteo than others;*the lower .'end of the femur and the upper end of the tibia being the two places where the disease is most commonly situated. The disease most frequently occurs...

...and the head of the radius. Thus in the first five years we have the most of the important epiphyses of the long bones; the lower end of the femur and the upper end of the tibia, as before mentioned, being in evidence at or soon after birth. In the age period eleven to fourteen...

...extremities. The tumors are found oftenest in the upper end of the humérus, the lower end of the radius, the lower end of the femur, and the upper end of the tibia. The flat bones are also frequently affected. The round sarcoma-cells possess no fibrillating power...

...the diaphyses somewhat earlier in women than in men. Separation of the epiphysis is most common at the lower end of the femur and the upper end of the tibia. Traumatic separations of the epiphysis are described on pages 597 and 612. The symptoms of epiphyseal...

...fir*t liberated. Galloway observed that in knee disease two epiphyses were subject to stimulation—the lower end of the femur and the upper end of the tibia. In a series of cases measured by Goldthwait practically all shortening had taken place below the knee....