Mowat, Harold, 1883- · London : H. Frowde · leaf 196
. Tubercttlah Dactylitis of the Metacarpal of the Index Finger. are exactly opposite. Achondroplasia affects thosebones in which ossification begins before the sixthfoetal month, while rickets is a disease of childhood,commencing soon after birth. In the former con- BONES AND JOINTS (DISEASES) 181… … Fig. 89„ Tubercular Disease attacking the Lower Epiphysis ofTHE Femur. Note the irregularity of the margins. failure of the epix^hyseal cells to carry on their normalfunction, while in the latter the zone of proliferationis increased in width, and the margins more translu-cent, wider, and badly…
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