and being mixed with a more opaque and softer material, but without any marked encephaloid appearance. The bone and the periosteum appeared healthy, excepting the opening into the cavity, and which was about an inch in extent. The two sections were put directly into alcohol, so as to preserve the appearances, and one of them is in the Cabinet of the Soc. for Med. Improvement. (No. 286.) 1847.
- Dr. J. C. Warren.
1490. A drawing, in water colors, by Dr. S., to show the exter-
nal appearances, in what must have been an encephaloid
disease of the femur.
The patient was a little girl, eleven years of age (Hospi-
tal, 70, 62), and the disease was of eight months’ duration.
Great constitutional affection, with much burning sensa-
tion. The limb, at the seat of the disease midway, was
19½ in. larger than the other at the corresponding part;
and the regular fusiform enlargement, with the dilatation
of the cutaneous vessels, were highly characteristic of the
above form of cancer. Date of the patient’s death after
leaving the hospital unknown. 1857.
- Dr. Lucius M. Sargent.
1491. Thibert's model, showing a section of the parts in a case of very extensive cancerous disease of the femur and neighboring parts, with hemorrhage. The diseased mass weighed about 26 Ibs. Amputation by Prof. Roux, and the patient lived for some days. 1847.
- Dr. Geo. Hayward.
1492. Long, section of the upper third of the femur, and show-
ing a complete encephaloid transformation of the bone, to
the extent of some inches; and, being preserved in spirit,
it bends by its own weight. When recent, it was opaque,
with xanthoid formation, and the appearance of fatty de-
generation. The tissues immediately around the bone were
involved, but the head was not. The thigh only was
examined, as there were no signs of internal disease.
From a woman, set. seventy-two years, and subject to rheumatism. In December she complained of lameness of her hip; and on the llth of February the thigh broke, as she was being turned in bed. This was followed by swell-
