Observations on the causes and early symptoms of defects in the form of the spine, chest, and shoulders, and on the means of correcting them : with remarks on the different methods pursued in this country and on the continent, in the treatment of distortions : being an enlarged edition of the papers lately published in the London Medical Joural / by John Shaw.

  • Shaw, John, 1792-1827.
Date:
1827
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Credit: Observations on the causes and early symptoms of defects in the form of the spine, chest, and shoulders, and on the means of correcting them : with remarks on the different methods pursued in this country and on the continent, in the treatment of distortions : being an enlarged edition of the papers lately published in the London Medical Joural / by John Shaw. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    CONTENTS. Page VyOMPARATivE frequency of the Serpentine Twist of the Spine among the Children of the Rich and Poor - - - - - - 1 Progress of the Symptoms of the Serpentine Twist 7 Probable Causes of this kind of Distortion - 9 Variety of Plans proposed to correct it - - 13 Remarks on the Plan of treating Distortions BY Confinement to the Horizontal or in- clined Plane - - - - 17 On the Performance of violent Exercises as A Cure for Distortion - - - 20 Remarks on the Treatment of Distortions BY artificial Supports - - - 31 On the Plan of treating Distortions by at- tempting to replace, by main force, Verte- brae ALLEGED TO BE DISLOCATED - - ' 45 Description of the different Methods of Treatment pursued in Paris - - 57 Treatment at the Convent of Sacre Coeur - 62 at Morley, near Bar le Due - 68 by M. Maisonabbe - - 73 ■ at Chaillot - - - 76 Remarks on these Methods of Treatment - 80