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Prof. H. G. Seeley on the 



lateral trochanter to be 8^ inches from the distal extremity. 

 The middle of the shaft shows the trochanter to have had a 

 length of not less than 3 inches. The proximal fragment, 

 4 inches long, shows no trace of the lateral trochanter. 

 These measurements prove that the femur was more than 

 16 inches long ; I assume it to have been probably not less 

 than 18 inches long. 



Fig. 7. 



Proximal articulation 



Proximal trochanter 



Lateral trochanter (evi- 

 denced by another 

 specimen). , « ^g. 



Restoratiou of the external aspect of tlie right femi 

 ^ nat. size. 



The proximal head of the bone was directed inward, and 

 measured about 4 inches transversely from the rounded head, 

 •which was at right angles to the shaft. Its superior surface 

 is flattened, moderately convex from within outward, and 

 slightly concave from front to back. There is no indication 

 of a twist in the shaft, and I infer the proximal and distal 

 ends to have been approximately parallel to each other. 



The head of the bone is compressed from above downward, 

 flattened on the underside, and convex on the superior surface. 

 Below the head the bone becomes stouter, so that while the 

 thickness of the head is 2fo inches, and of the neck about 

 ly% inch, the thickness at the fractured lower extremity 

 exceeds 2 inches, where the width from within outward is 

 2fV inches. 



