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hibit analogous alterations. On reaching the carpus the 

 bones seem to resume their normal physiognomy. The 

 metacarpals and the phalanges do not seem to have been in- 

 volved in the process of arrested development. The same 

 description ansv\^ers for the corresponding bones of the pos- 



Fig. 107. 

 Skeleton of a Calf Affected with Achondroplasia. 



terior extremities. (See Fig. T05). The dystrophia affects 

 the pelvis as well as the femur and the tibia, and their physi- 

 ognomy is analogous to that of the fore-limb. 



The deformed bones have no epiphyseal center and no 

 cartilage of conjugation, which circumstance prevents their 

 development after birth. These bones are hard, compact 

 and resistant, like well developed ones, showing that the 



