[Report from the Trustees appointed for the purpose of promoting the establishment of Harrison's Infirmary].

Date:
[1835]
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Credit: [Report from the Trustees appointed for the purpose of promoting the establishment of Harrison's Infirmary]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    o lie derived from such a charity available to the children of misery, on whom deformity has laid her cruel hand. They, therefore, hope that they will be liberally aided by the friends of humanity—that numer- ous subcriptions will be paid previous to July 7, 1036, into the bank- ing-house of Messrs. Coutts & Co., on behalf of the charity. The trustees cannot conclude their Report without noticing the fact, that Dr. Harrison has prepared for publication, a valuable Letter on his Mode of Treatment, addressed to Sir Benjamin Brodie ; the profits of the sale of which Dr. H. intends to appropriate to the purposes of the Infirmary. The trustees therefore hope that the donors and the subscribers will have the kindness to use their best exertions in circulating this letter; and, thus, by disseminating the facts which it contains, induce many benevolent individuals to encourage the prosperity of the Insti- tution. The letter contains five engravings, taken from the casts of mis- shapen backs, which casts are still pi’eserved. Two of them illustrate a severe example of the lateral distortion. The first shows the deformity before the treatment commenced. The second, when every trace of it was eradicated. The third explains the common cause of a disproportionate length in the lower limbs,and how it maybe overcome. The remaining plates describe a very strongly marked case of the posterior curvature, or humpback, when the deformity was greatest, and after its complete removal. This letter not only details the prac- tice of Dr. Harrison, but establishes its vast superiority over every other in its mildness, its efficiency, and in the improvement of health. The profits, as already observed, are to be wholly applied in aid of the Infirmary ; and therefore every purchaser will contribute towards the success of the charity.