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PLATE I. CASE NUMBER 6.— SAPAJOU MONKEY. 



Showing last stages of osteomalacia, with shrunken extremities and marked curvature of the 



spinal column. 



in man, and is now fully described in all text-books, and in many 

 monograpbs treating of osteomalacia and rachitis. 



Although our observations of the disease are as yet limited, 

 and though the cases presented have been in most instances un- 

 satisfactorily studied, we believe it best to present our findings 

 in the fullest possible way, principally for the reason of the great 

 importance of the disease to zoological science and in order that 

 zoological collections mav at once derive whatever of benefit lies 



