68 SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. 6l 



SCAPULAE 



Number of adult bones examined 229 



Number of children bones examined 9 



Total 238 



Of these: 



Fractures o 



Dislocations 



Arthritis adults 11 



9 slight, glenoid cavity. 



2 pronounced, glenoid cavity. 



RIBS 

 Number of adults (an adolescence) 2,410 



Of these : 



Fractures 14 



Dislocations 



Exostoses 1 



a flat exostosis ventrally at angle. 

 Arthritis 36 



4 of articulation on head. 



32 about articulation on tubercle. 



Periostitis 1 



slight, external surface. 



Remarks 



First ribs show occasional arthritic conditions at sternal end. 

 No case seen of ossified cartilage or of synostosis with a 



vertebra. 

 No ulceration. 

 One instance of anomalous juncture of two long ribs by a 



broad process near the spinal extremity of the bones; 



not traumatic. 



CLAVICLES 



Number of adult bones examined 117 



Number of children bones examined 12 



Total 129 



Fractures o 



Dislocations o 



Exostoses adult 1 



moderate, under surface, distal end. 



