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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    i he Cure of such Persons ought to be promoted by the Legislature . The Cause of disproportionate Limbs was known to Hippocrates The Moderns erroneously impute the Difference to an Affection of the Hip-joint Issues are less used than formerly . Further Observations upon the Injurious Effects of Pressure upon the Nerves All the Varieties of Palsy sometimes arise from the Spine Paraplegia always 3rdly, Of the Posterior Curvature .... Sir B. B. mistook the Nature of this Complaint, according to his own admission Universally attributed to caries till I pointed out the mistake, and developed the true seat of it An Appeal to the Anatomical Museums for Proofs History of Master Wood’s extraordinary Cure described The Father’s Statement ..... A Small Jutting of one Vertebra discovered . Tonic Medicines and an Issue to the Part recommended A Steel Instrument with a hole applied Projection imputed to Caries .... History of Case continued ..... Usual Treatment commenced .... Health good, and cheerful through the long Cure Description of the Plates ..... General Remarks ...... After a Recumbency of Three Years walked easily Health and Figure remain perfect • . Figure, with proper care, always remains good The new Practice extends rapidly .... Universally opposed at first ..... Several Species of Incurvation from the Ligaments . Cannot be explained by the Muscles .... The Complaint is in the Ligaments .... When fully admitted, and universally acted upon, Deformities will be pre- vented, and Health improved .... The Professional Stigma of Virgil .... Of Complete and Incomplete Luxations No General Work on Dislocations .... Cause of Constitutional Deformities explained Of the Cure ....... Of the Gymnastics ...... Cases of Lateral Curvature referred to The Mode of Treatment practised in the Asylum for the Recovery of Health explained ........ Mode of Cure which, while it removes the Deformity, is beneficial to Health The Case of Miss Goulding briefly introduced .... 18 ib. ib. ib. 19 ib. 20 ib. ib. ib. 21 ib. ib. 22 ib. 23 ib. ib. ib. ib. 24 ib. ib. 25 ' ib. ib. ib. 26 ib. ib. ib. ib. 27 ib. ib. 32 ib. 33 34 35 ib.