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GLASGOW'S BANDY-LEGGED CHILDREN.
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Fig. 1.—Front View—Outward Regular Curvature. Fig. 2.—Front View—Inward Regular Curvature.
Fig. 3.—Front View—Outward and Inward Regular Curvature. Fig. 4.—Front View—Outward Irreglar Curvature.
Fig. 5.—Front View—Inward Irregular Curvature. Fig. 6.—Side View—Forward Regular Curvature.
Fig. 7.—Side View—Forward and Backward Regular Curvature. Fig. 8.—Front View—Double Curvature of both Legs.

from a professional point of view extremely interesting. The causes assigned by the people of Glasgow for the prevalent deformity are various, but none of them seem to account for it.

Let us consider the professional opinion first. Many of the physicians in Glasgow account for the rachitis, or osteomalacia, by laying