On the nature and treatment of the distortions to which the spine, and the bones of the chest, are subject : with an enquiry into the merits of the several modes of practice which have hitherto been followed in the treatment of distortions / by John Shaw.

  • Shaw, John, 1792-1827.
Date:
1823
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Credit: On the nature and treatment of the distortions to which the spine, and the bones of the chest, are subject : with an enquiry into the merits of the several modes of practice which have hitherto been followed in the treatment of distortions / by John Shaw. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ./J! ' * • I THE CONDITION OF THE SPINE AND RIBS, IN THE COMMON CASES OF LATERAL CURVATURE, FURTHER ILLUSTRATED BY THE EXPLANATION OF THE SKETCHES IN THE SECOND PLATE. Manner of discovering the curves - Page 112 Condition of the muscles of the back in lateral cur- vature of the spine - - - - 113 CERTAIN VARIETIES IN THE CHARACTERS OF DISTOR- TION, ILLUSTRATED BY THE EXPLANATION OF THE FIGURES IN THE THIRD PLATE. Lateral curvature, where the whole of one side is larger than the other - - - - 116 Change upon the ribs, producing a diminution of that side of the chest, which, at the commencement of the distortion, was the largest - - 120 Ridge produced by the distorted ribs, frequently mis- taken by machine makers for the spine - 122 THE SPINE MAY BE DISTORTED TO THE GREATEST POSSIBLE DEGREE, ALTHOUGH THE BONES ARE NOT AFFECTED WITH RICKETTS. The proofs upon which this opinion, contradictory of those commonly entertained, is founded - 125 THE PELVIS IS SELDOM OR NEVER DISTORTED IN THOSE CASES OF LATERAL CURVATURE OF THE SPINE WHICH ARE INDEPENDENT-OF RICKETTS - - 127