These treatments cause bleeding and healing with fibrocartilage or scar cartilage which is not as resilient as normal hyaline cartilage. These treatments remain the first line of treatment for isolated lesions of articular cartilage in the knee.
The original Constitution required direct taxes to be apportioned among the states in accordance with population. An income tax is not so apportioned, so the amendment was needed to authorize such parts of the income tax as would constitute direct taxes.
The major purpose of these provisions of the 14th Amendment was to-limit the power of the federal government-expand the civil rights of women-maintain competition in business-protect the rights of African Americans.