Lectures on the pathology and treatment of lateral and other forms of curvature of the spine.

  • Adams, William, 1820-1900.
Date:
1865
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Credit: Lectures on the pathology and treatment of lateral and other forms of curvature of the spine. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University.

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    CONTENTS. LECTURE I. INTRODUCTORY AND GENERAL OBSERVATIONS.—HEALTHY ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF THE SPINAL COLUMN. Introductory and General Observations.—Healthy Anatomy of the Spinal Column; its Anatomical and Mechanical construction.—Rela- tive proportions of the Intervertebral Cartilage and Bone in the length of the Spinal Column.—Compressibility of Intervertebral Cartilage.— Average Length of Spine as compared with the height of the Individual. —Relative proportions of the Trunk and Lower Extremities in Dwarfs and Giants, and in tall and short Individuals.—Pyramidal form of Spine.—Antero-posterior curves ; their mode of production.—Exis- tence of Lateral Curves as a normal condition; belief in the existence of such curves may lead to serious errors in practice . . 1—26 LECTURE II. PHYSIOLOGY OF THE SPINAL COLUMN, IN RELATION TO THE PRODUCTION OF LATERAL CURVATURE. Mechanism of Motion in the Spinal Column, and the essential difference between its flexibility, and the free motion allowed in the movable Articulations of the Extremities.—Classification of Joints; the im- movable, movable, and mixed.—Articulations between bodies of Vertebras; examples of latter class.—Comparative Anatomy of Spinal Column in relation to its Mechanism of Motion.—Error of supposed Analogy between the Articulations of the Human Spine, and the movable Articulations of the Extremities.—Situation, Form, and Functions of Oblique Articulating Processes of the Spine.—Horizontal