220 Diseases of Bone. 



must have crossed each other at the knees, and looked more like roots than 

 legs, 



' An' his knotted knees play'd aye knoit between.' 

 "He had never a shoe on his feet ; the parts on which he walked 

 were rolled in rags, old stockings, etc. , but the toes always bare, even in 

 the most severe weather. His mode of progressing was as extraordinary 

 as his shape. He carried a long pole, or ' kent, ' like the alpenstock, 

 tolerably polished, with a turned top on it, on which he rested, jilaced it 

 before liim, he then lifted one leg, something in the manner that the oar 

 of a boat is worked, and then the other, next advanced his staff', and 

 repeated the operation, by diligently doing which he was able to make not 

 verj'^ slow progress. — He frequently walked to Peebles, four miles, and 

 back again, in one day. His arms had no motion at the elbow-joints, but 

 were active enough otherwise. He was not generally ill-tempered, but 

 furious when roused. Kobert Craig." 



G. C. 3582. 



Presented by Cka-rleh W. Cathcart, F.R.C.S.E. 



6. 49. Distortion of the Tibia and Fibula from Rickets.— 



Tibia and fibula of the left leg of an adult — macerated, showing 

 the above. 



The bones have a bend, directed a little inwards and for- 

 wards, with the usual lateral flattening of the curve ; best 

 marked in the fibula. W. C. G. 33. 



6. 50. Distortion of the Fibulae from Rickets.— Right and 



left fibulae, taken from the same subject as 6. 31 — macerated, to 

 show the above. 



The bones are stunted and bent in a semicircle, and so flattened 

 on the curve as to resemble a boomerang. B. C. i. 3. M. 30. 



6.51. Distortion of the Fibula from Rickets— Left fibula 

 — macerated, to show the above. 



The bone is curved abruptly inwards and forwards a 

 little below the middle, and, as in previous specimens, is much 

 flattened on the sides of the curve. F. P. C. 613. 



Presented by Professor John Thomson, 



