Observations on diseased spine : illustrated by a case : and containing strictures upon Mr. Baynton's treatise on that disorder / by J. B. Estlin.

  • Estlin, John Bishop.
Date:
1818
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Credit: Observations on diseased spine : illustrated by a case : and containing strictures upon Mr. Baynton's treatise on that disorder / by J. B. Estlin. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The 5th case being a very interesting one, and an undeniable example of the complaint in question, Mr. Earle criticises minutely, and very decidedly expresses his opinion, that the curative efforts of nature were called into action by the use of issues, and that the plan of perfect rest, pursued by Mr. Baynton, though the most rational that could then be adopted, was only auxiliary to the advantages that had in the first place been obtained by the issues. The subject of the 6th case died before Mr. Baynton's plan was put into execution. Cases 7th and 8th, Mr. Earle observes, are both instances of common lateral curvature, which never takes place from diseases of the bodies of the vertebra, in which neither Mr. Pott, nor any surgeon conversant with the principles of his profession, would ever have dreamed of applying issues. Mr. Earle professes himself sceptical respecting the nature of the disease in the 9th case, which, he says, does not at all correspond with his ideas of destruction of the bodies of the vertebra. A similar doubt he expresses with regard to the 10th, that of Master W. Castle, in whom he attributes the symptoms to that debility of constitution which is incident to the period of dentition, and which is removed by keeping the child off his legs, and giving such medicines as are calculated to strengthen the constitution generally. He thinks the 11th case no instance of diseased spine, attributing the pain in the back and other symptoms, to the period of life of the young lady, who was the subject of them. Case 12th is one in which Mr. Earle considers that issues had been of service, and that their good effects