An essay on the various causes and effects of the distorted spine; on the improper methods ... to remove that distortion; in which that recommended by Mr. Pott is considered, and the bad effects of Vacher's ( ... called Jones's) spinal machine are pointed out: with the description of an instrument ... better calculated to remove those distortions than any hitherto ... To which are added, some observations on ... ruptures / [Timothy Sheldrake].

  • Sheldrake, Timothy, Jr.
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[1783]
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Credit: An essay on the various causes and effects of the distorted spine; on the improper methods ... to remove that distortion; in which that recommended by Mr. Pott is considered, and the bad effects of Vacher's ( ... called Jones's) spinal machine are pointed out: with the description of an instrument ... better calculated to remove those distortions than any hitherto ... To which are added, some observations on ... ruptures / [Timothy Sheldrake]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    always be fuccefsful, if it could be conftantly ufed : but this cannot be; as it is fixed to one place the patient muft of courfe be con- fined there, and if (he could bear to be con- ftantly in it, ftie muft neglect every other employment; for thefe reafons it is inconve- nient, and if the fpine is much diftorted, the prelftire of the parts above the curve during the time (he is not in the fwing, will greatly retard if not totally counteract the benefit ftie may receive fi*om the ufe of it* It is always a defirable object to remove a deformity of this nature as foon as poffible, and patients are fometimes fo fituated, that if it is not fpeedily effected, there can be no pro- bability of a cure; the above-mentioned de- fects then, are material objeftions to the ufe of the fwing ; to obviate thofe objections and effect a cure as foon as polfible, a machine muft be conftructed to act upon the fpine in the fame manner as the fwing, but it muft be made portable, and fixed upon the body D 2 fo