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Proceedings of the Royal Irish Accalemy. 



Class III. — Coarse Thread or Threads. 















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1. A coarse thread. 



2. "Was double at its origin and insertion ; had 

 a trace of a vessel at its insertion. 



3. Canied a vessel from the superior external 

 articular artery. 



4. Had a second thread underneath, and a 

 vessel from the superior internal articular aiiery. 



5. There "n^as a thin synovial reflection like a 

 rudimentary septum, behind or posterior to the 

 ligament. This ^as fellow limb of preceding. 



6. Was so thin I did not test its breaking 

 strain. 



7. Had no trace of any vessel, and was com- 

 posed of two threads, one of which was inserted 

 0.2 inch below the femoral notch; the other was 

 attached to the outer condyle. 



8. Broke at femoral attachment in testing the 

 strain. 



9. Broke at femoral attachment. 



10. Slight trace of a vessel near the marsupium. 



11. There was a well-formed hood on the 

 internal condyle; the ligament broke from its 

 femoral attachment, and a slip went from about 

 the middle of this ligament to the anterior crucial 

 ligament ; a second slip went from the femoral 

 attachment to a fatty mass on the anterior crucial 

 ligament. 



12. This ligament existed in a subject with 

 very long lower limbs. 



13. The weight was not very accurate in this 

 case. 



14. Carried several vessels, though only the 

 diameter of a coarse thread, and broke from its 

 femoral attachment. 



15. "Was a double thread, and had no trace of 

 vessels. 



16. Had a second band, of the same size and 

 thickness as the ligament itself, going from its 

 femoral attachment to the anterior crucial liga- 

 ment. The joint could only he flexed to a limited 

 extent iintil both the accessory hand and ligament 

 were hurst through. Fig. 1. 



17. "Was a slender thread. 



18. Contained a vessel, and a fatty lobe in the 

 middle. 



19. The fellow limb of preceding ; both had 

 traces of hoods on theu* internal condyles. 





Inches. 







0-90 



— 



0-65 



— 



0-95 



R. 



0-80 



L. 



0-70 



L. 



0-95 



R. 



0-55 



E. 



0-45 



L. 



0-60 



R. 



0-95 



L. 



1-10 



R. 



0-50 



L. 



1-00 



R. 



0-5o 



R. 



0-65 



L. 



0-60 



L. 



1-00 



R. 



1-20 



L. 



1-25 



Inches. 

 0-20 



0-30 

 0-10 

 0-10 



O-lo 

 0-20 



Lbs. 



1-0 



2-5 



7-0 

 26-0 

 22-0 



5-0 



5-0 



10-0 

 3-50 

 11-5 



14-0 

 5-0 

 7-0 



