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5802. The proximal part of a left femur, from the fore part of which a section has 

 been obliquely removed, passing through the middle of the head. Hunterian. 



5803. Half of the longitudinally bisected proximal end of the femur, from which a 

 great proportion of the animal matter has been removed, leaving the earthy 

 part, and showing very clearly and beautifully the mechanical arrangement of 

 the walls of the cancelli. Presented by Edward Stanley, Esq., F.E.S. 



5804. Two portions of a longitudinally bisected shaft of a femur, similarly pre- 

 pared. Presented by Edward Stanley, Esq., F.B.S. 



5805. A longitudinal slice from the distal end of a femur similarly prepared, show- 

 ing with great clearness the delicate and elegant reticular arrangement of the 

 fine columnar and lamellar walls of the cancelli. 



Presented by Edward Stanley, Esq., F.R.S. 



5806. The hinder half of the left tibia, longitudinally bisected. 



The line of confluence of the proximal epiphysis may be readily traced, and divides the 

 finer cancellous texture of the articular expansion from the coarser texture of the shaft below. 

 The inner compact wall of the medullary cavity is thicker than the outer one. The epiphy- 

 sial line is traceable across the distal cancellous structure. 



Hunterian. 



5807. A fibula, longitudinally bisected. 



The line of the obliterated harmonia between the shaft and the epiphysis is plainly shown 

 at both extremities of the section. 



Prepared ^1851. 



5808. An astragalus, longitudinally bisected. Prepared in 1851. 



5809. A calcaneum, longitudinally bisected. 



The compact wall is thickest where it forms the larger articular surface for the astragalus, 

 and from this part the principal septa of the cancelli radiate towards the back and under part 

 of the bone. The cancelli are largest in the anterior half. 



Prepared in 1851. 



5810. The metatarsal of the hallux, or great toe, longitudinally bisected. 



Prepared in 1851. 



