15b Dr. Clarke's Description of an extraordinary 
The internal structure of the monster was composed of soft 
and bony matter. Upon cutting into the former, it appeared 
of a homogeneous fleshy texture, but without any regular or 
distinct arrangement of muscular fibres ; and was very vascu- 
lar throughout. 
The bones which were surrounded by this fleshy substance 
were, the os innominatum, the os femoris, the tibia, and the 
fibula. The relative situation of these to each other de- 
scribed the attitude of kneeling. With regard to the bones 
themselves, the os innominatum, and the os femoris are both 
perfect, and of the size which we meet with in a foetus at the 
full period of utero-gestation ; but the tibia and fibula are 
much shorter than in their natural proportion to the thigh bone. 
At the upper part, and towards the inside of the os innomi- 
natum, was placed a little portion of small intestines, loosely 
connected, by their mesentery, to the posterior edge of that 
bone, where it is commonly united to the os sacrum. These 
intestines had a covering of peritonaeum, and were very mi- 
nutely injected. 
The next object was to trace the vessels of the funis, which 
was done with great care. There appeared to be only two, 
viz. an artery, and a vein ; and these passed on towards the 
inner surface of the os innominatum. As they approached 
this bone, they gave off some branches to the surrounding 
parts, which quickly became too small to be traced. The 
trunks then passed backward, towards that part where the 
articulation with the os sacrum is generally found ; at which 
place they went to the other side of the bone, where they 
distributed a great number of small branches, and were at 
length lost in the surrounding parts. 
