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Femur of a rabbit showing absorption of dead bone
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Femur of a rabbit showing absorption of dead bone

Godart, Thomas

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Watercolour and ink drawing of a section of part of a femur of a rabbit. Into the hole, drilled through it, a peg made of bone was tightly driven. When examined, at the end of twelve weeks, a great portion of the peg had disappeared.

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