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following conclusions : (1) The greater number of 

 normal lower limbs are of unequal length ; (2) the 

 left limb is oftener longer than the right; (3) the 

 average inequality of normal lower limbs is probably 



Fig. 44. Transverse Section through the Middle of the Thigh 

 (Brauue). 



cutaneous nerVe ;~5) external cutaneous' nerve ; 6, perforating branches from 

 profunda : 7. small scintic nerve. 



about a quarter of an inch ; (4) the average amount of 

 shortening after a fracture of the femur that has been 

 well treated is about three-quarters of an inch ; (5) in 

 about one case in ten or eleven the two limbs will be 

 found to be of equal length after the union of the 

 fracture; (6) one limb can never be a certain standard 

 of length for the opposite limb. Dr. Garson, as a 

 result of the careful examination of some seventy 

 skeletons, states that both the lower limbs are of 

 equal length in only about ten per cent, of all cases. 



