LECTURE XV. 
CARTILAGE. -ENCHOND ROMA. 
We now arrive at the examination of a structure 
presenting all the characters of cartilage, which occurs 
in the form of tumours, and named by Muller Enchon- 
droma . Tumours of this character may occur in many 
situations, and sometimes attain a considerable size. 
One removed from the neck of a man, by John Hunter, 
weighing one hundred and forty-four ounces, and con- 
sisting of nodular masses of cartilaginous texture, bound 
together by areolar tissue, is preserved in the Museum 
of the College. Another specimen, in the same collec- 
tion, is that of a hand amputated by Sir Astley Cooper, 
which has enchondromatous tumours attached to almost 
every bone. A tumour of this kind removed from 
the cheek by Sir W. Blizard, forming Prep. 202, in the 
Pathological Series, contains numerous spicula of bone, 
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