Metabolism in the Diseases of the Bones and Joints 



Francis H. McCrudden 



Introduction Diseases of the Bones Normal Bone Metabolism The Com- 

 position of the Bone in Disease Metabolism Experiments in Osteoma- 

 lacia The Eesults of Histological Examination The Cause of Abnormal 

 Bone Metabolism Acid Action in Osteomalacia The Eelation of the 

 Ovaries to Osteomalacia Need of Calcium as a Cause of Puerperal Osteo- 

 malacia Summary: Puerperal Osteomalacia Etiology of Other Dis- 

 turbances of Bone Metabolism Overproduction and Bone Disease Dis- 

 eases of the Joints. 



