406 ANIMAL BODY: 



Morbid Bones. 



[Rachitis. The bones in this disease have been analysed by 

 several chemists. 



Lehmann examined the tibiae of three rachitic children. 

 He found : 



1. 2. 3. 



Phosphate of lime . . 32-04 26-94 28-13 



Carbonate of lime . . 4-01 4-88 3'75 



Phosphate of magnesia . 0-98 0-81 0-87 



Chloride of sodium . 0-21 0-27 0-28 



Soda . . . 0-54 0-81 0-73 



Cartilage . . 54-14 60-14 58-77 



Fat . . 5-84 6-22 6-94 



Ragsky found in the scapula and humerus of a rachitic child: 

 Phosphates of lime and magnesia . 15-60 



Carbonate of lime . . . 2-66 



Soluble salts . . . 0-62 



Cartilage, vessels, and fat . . 81-12 



In the ulna of a child aged 5 6 years, Von Bibra found : 



Phosphate of lime with a little fluoride of calcium 47*83 



Carbonate of lime . . . 7*42 



Phosphate of magnesia . . .1-23 



Salts ..... 1-82 



Cartilage .... 35-61 



Fat ..... 6-09 



Osteomalacia. Several analyses of bone in this disease are 

 on record. 



Vertebra. Vertebra. Costa. 

 (Bostock). (Prosch.) (Prbsch.) 



Phosphate of lime . . 13-60 13-25 33-66 

 Phosphate of magnesia . . 0-82 



Carbonate of lime . .1-13 5-95 ' 4-60 



Sulphate of lime and phosphate of soda 4-70 0-90 0-40 



Cartilage . . . 79'75 74-64 49'77 



Fat . . . 5-26 11-63 



An analysis by Bogner of the bones of a man aged 32 years, 

 who died from osteomalacia, yielded the following results : 



Scapula. Radius. Femur. Patella. 



Phosphate of lime . . 26-92 28-11 23-50 23-23 



Carbonate of lime . . 0-98 1-07 0-97 0-94 



Phosphate of magnesia . 5-40 6-35 5-07 5-03 



Cartilage and vessels . . 65-85 63-42 69-77 70-60 



Soda, iron, and loss . . 0-85 1-05 0-69 0-64 



