Lateral view of anchylosis of the right femur with the hip bone Size:M: 75 x 50cm In the distance a turnpike

In the distance a turnpike gate is visible

Half length portrait of Le Dran

showing the entrance in Old Broad Street

Original is oil on panel 132x102

Lateral view of anchylosis of the right femur with the hip bone Size:M: 75 x 50cm In the distance a turnpikeIllustration showing anchylosis of the right femur and the hip bone. This example was taken from a patient who developed anchylosis aged 64; he lived some years longer. Anchylosis is an abnormal adhesion or rigidity of the bones in a joint. Plate 5 from Diseases of the Hip Joint by William Coulson (London, Thomas Hurst, 1837). Inscription: 'Plate. V, J. Perry del et lith. Printed by G. Hallmandel.' Original: engraving. 1837