MORBID BONES. 



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Ragsky has analysed bone in this disease. He found in a rib 



Phosphates of lime and magnesia 

 Carbonate of lime and salts 

 Cartilage, vessels, and fat 



17-48 



6-32 



76-20 



After the removal of the fat, Lehmann found : 



1. 2. 3. 



Phosphate of lime . 36-863 31-718 35-871 



Other salts . . 4-968 7*913 5-684 



Cartilage . . 58-169 60-369 58-445 



and in two other cases of osteomalacia occurring in persons 

 aged about 40 years, the same chemist found : 



Phosphate of lime 

 Carbonate of lime 

 Phosphate of magnesia 

 Soluble salts 

 Cartilage 

 Fat 



The three following analyses of bone in this disease were 

 made by Von Bibra : 



Tibia of a woman Femur of a woman Femur of a man 



Phosphate of lime with a T 

 little fluoride of calcium J 

 Carbonate of lime 

 Phosphate of magnesia . 

 Salts 

 Cartilage 

 Fat 



aged 75 years. 

 55-01 



4-94 

 2-01 

 0-31 

 29-17 

 8-56 



83 years. 



46-79 



6-37 



1-20 



1-37 



30-99 



13-28 



aged 60 years. 

 53-25 



7-49 

 1-22 

 1-35 

 32-54 

 4-15 



Marchand found the bones of the child whose case is noticed 

 in p. 286 of this Volume, composed in the following manner : 



Phosphate of lime 



Phosphate of magnesia 



Carbonate of lime 



Sulphate of lime T 



Sulphate of soda J ' 



Fluoride of calcium, chloride of sodium, 



iron, and loss 

 Cartilage 

 Fat 



Vertebra. Radius. Femur. Sternum. 

 12-56 15-11 14-78 21-35 



0-92 

 3-20 



0-98 

 1-00 



078 

 3-15 



1-00 

 1-20 



0-80 

 3-00 



0-72 

 3-70 



1-02 1-68 



1-00 2-01 



75-22 71-26 72-00 61-20 

 6-12 7-50 7-20 9-34 



The cartilage yielded neither glutin nor chondrin. 



