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Concerning a large Piece of the Thigh-bone, which was taken out, and its Place 

 supplied by a Callus. By Mr. -IVm. Wright, Surgeon, at Bradford in York- 

 shire. N°46i, p. 761. 



This was part of the os femoris, taken out of the thigh of a young man, 20 

 years of age, about the end of March 1738. His name was Hird Ramsden, and 

 he Hved at Braithwait, near Kighley. His lameness was occasioned by a fever, 

 which fell into his thigh, where it imposthumated, and was afterwards opened ; 

 but, not healing again, left 3 or 4 carious or fistulous ulcers, which discharged 

 a great quantity of sanies, and fetid matter, by which he was reduced almost to 

 a skeleton. In this condition he had been 6 or 7 years before Mr. W. was con- 

 cerned for him, and was considered as incurable. He examined his ulcers with 

 his probe, and found in one of them, which was on the inside of the thigh, a 

 rotten bone : he dilated the orifice with gentian and sponge tents, and after- 

 wards laid it open about 3 or 4 inches : he then dressed it with tincture of 

 myrrh, and dossils of dry lint ; and at every dressing, over the carious bone the 

 powder of rad. aristol. myrrh, and euphorb. in order to promote exfoliation : 

 with these applications the bone began to loosen, which looked much larger 

 than he expected. He was afraid of making another incision because of the 

 crural artery, which lay very near the place where the bone was taken out : he 

 therefore chose rather to do it gradually by dilating the orifice, than run the 

 risk of another incision. The same dressing was continued, and the spongy 

 flesh kept down with the powder of mercur. praecipit. rub. et alum. ust. aa. At 

 every dressing he raised the bone with a hooked instrument, and in about 4 

 months time he got it quite out. The cavity was afterwards kept open for some 

 time, with dossils of dry lint, to make way for some loose pieces that were left 

 behind. The ulcer, after it was well digested, healed up in a little time. 

 During this time his knee was very much contracted, which was afterwards ex- 

 tended by the use of emollient fomentations. At the date of this account he 

 was perfectly sound, and in a good state of health, walked straight, and his 

 thigh was not shorter than the other. 



Of a monstrous Foetus, resembling a hooded Monkey. Communicated by Mr, 

 William Gregory of Rochester. N° 46l, p. 764. 



A woman, aged 44, of an athletic body, conceived with child a little before 

 Christmas 1730; on which ensued all the usual symptoms of pregnancy. Soon 

 after conception, some fellows who travelled the country, with a bear and a 

 monkey, placed themselves before the woman's door, to amuse the populace. 



