114 TRIC'HOLOGIA MAMMALIfM: 



THE EXAMINATION OF TWENTY-FOUR SPECIMENS OF DISEASED PILE. Presented by Dr. 

 William Pepper, of this city : 



No. 1. Of the Hair in the last stage of Coxalgia, ( 'hip-disease. ) Specimen presented 

 by Dr. William Pepper. Female. Color, light brown; length, about 4 inches; mesne 

 diameter, -^\- s . All but one hair has the natural point; diameter, ^fa-^', none furcated. 

 With 230 grains one inch stretched fa of an inch, elasticity entire. 

 " 280 " " " fa " " 



" 420 " fa minus fa 



" 470 fa " -fa 



" 520 " " li |f " " - 9 % 



. . f^n 4i t( " i <t t( '< 5 



O I U , MI -gTj 



" CO A it tt " 20 " (i _0__ 



90 90 



.. fi7O " " " 25 " <' J2 



^0 9 



" T^A " " " SO " "17 



/ou ^^ -- 



" con " " '< 35 " " 21 



O^U -Tj-^y -g-$- 



" K'Vn " " " 37 " " 22 



&7U -9 IT HO 



" 920 " broke. 



Fracture, abrupt; button, normal shape; translucent. 



No. 2. Scrofula, ( Caries. J fUlceration of Bone.j Female age 19. Color, light 

 brown; length, about 6 inches; mesne diameter, ^} T . One of these hairs, drawn out of 

 the button, singularly disrupted. (See fig. 46 c.) Buttons, distorted. 



With 320 grains one inch stretched fa of an inch, elasticity entire. 

 " 370 " " fa 



" 470 " " -A- " " 



" 570 " " " fa 



" 670 " ' " -fa " 



" 720 ' " " -fa 



" 770 " broke. 



No. 3. Phthisis, (Consumption of the Lungs. J Male. Color, brown ; length, 6 inches; 

 mesne diameter, {^. Some of the apices pointed, but mostly abrupt; none furcated; 

 buttons, normal. 



With 170 grains one inch stretched fa of an inch, elasticity entire. 

 " 220 " " " ^ " minus fa 



" 270 " " " fa " " fa 



" 17fl " ' " 10 " "3 



'JO "90 



" R7O " " " 14 " " 7 



'to "9 ff 



" 720 " " " J-4 " " ^ 

 " 870 " " " 2-& " " -1-4 



" Q9O " " " 30 " " 1 



u fo ^fo 



" 970 " " " A^ " " ^^ 



" 1,020 " " ff 



" 1,070 " " fl 



