A letter addressed to Sir Benjamin C. Brodie, bart. : containing observations and strictures upon certain parts of his Lecture on spinal complaints / by Edward Harrison.

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1835
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Credit: A letter addressed to Sir Benjamin C. Brodie, bart. : containing observations and strictures upon certain parts of his Lecture on spinal complaints / by Edward Harrison. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CONTENTS. The Author’s Reasons for replying to Sir B. Brodie’s Lecture . • 1 Of the Importance and the Tractability of Spinal Complaints . • ib. 1st, Of the Lateral Curvature . . . . . .2 Objections to the Opinion, that the Spine is an Elastic Pillar . . 3 Jt is a jointed Structure . . . . . . . ib. Spinal Curvatures are not produced by the muscles, and cannot be cured by means of them . . . . . . .4 Injurious effects to Health from Spinal Diseases . . . .5 Appearance of the Spine in Lateral Distortions . . . .6 Of the Rotation of the Vertebrae . . . . .' . ib. Of the protuberant Scapula, and projecting- Acromion . . . ib. The opinions of Messrs. Ward, Shaw, and Dods, stated . . . ib. An urgent Appeal to Sir B. Brodie, for the Defence of his Opinion . . 7 Several Varieties of Lateral Deformity ..... ib. A Case of Ditto, with Plates . . . . . . .8 The Vertebrae forced out of their Places . , . . .9 Never pass directly Backward or Sideways ..... ib. Why rotated or twisted . . . . . . .10 2nd, Of Inequality of the Lower Limbs . . . . .11 Case of Inequality in which Sir B. Brodie was consulted . . . ib. His Method of Treatment stated . . . . . . ib. Cause of Inequality in the Lumbar Spine .... ib. On correcting it the Limbs became equal ..... ib. Other Cases mentioned . . . . . . .12 Case of Miss Howard . . . . . . . ib. The Seat of Paraplegia . . . . . . .13 Neither Feeling nor Action in the Limbs . . . . . ib. Practitioners omitting to examine the Spine in these cases will hereafter be inexcusable . . . . . . . . ib. Three eminent Surgeons neglected to see it . . . . . ib. Hoffman’s Reply to a Friend on the Choice of his Medical Adviser . . ib. How the Inequality is produced ...... ib. The Spinal Column too much overlooked . . . . .14 Case of Partial Palsy cured by correcting the Lumbar Spine - . ib. The Vertebra? rotated in this Case . . . . . . ib. Right Leg shorter and nearly useless . . . . .15 The Want of Feeling and Power attributed to Pressure upon the Nerves . ib. The Injurious Effects of Issues . . . . . . ib. The protuberance imputed to a Fall . . . . . ib. Originated in the Ligaments . . . . . . . ib. On Partial Palsy . . . . . . . . ib. Its Varieties . . . ' . . . . • .17 Mistaken Views of the preceding Case by the Faculty . . . ib. Difference in the Length of the Limbs not understood . . . ib. In Deformities in growing Persons one or both Limbs are generally blighted, ib.