Observations on the treatment of lateral curvature of the spine : pointing out the advantages to be gained by placing the body in a position to produce lateral flexion of the vertebral column, combined with the after application of firm mechanical support / by Edward F. Lonsdale.

  • Lonsdale, Edward F.
Date:
1847
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Credit: Observations on the treatment of lateral curvature of the spine : pointing out the advantages to be gained by placing the body in a position to produce lateral flexion of the vertebral column, combined with the after application of firm mechanical support / by Edward F. Lonsdale. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The plan of treatment I liave to recommend, I be- Keve offers a chance of being beneficial in a larger number of cases, than any that has hitherto been employed, and I am not aware that it has been prac- tised before; it has been most successful in my own practice, so far as experience hitherto has enabled me to judge. I should not recommend it merely on ac- count of any novelty it might possess, had I not con- vinced myself practically of the beneficial results to be obtained by its employment. I have consulted most of the English works that have been written on the treatment of lateral ciirvature of the spine, and do not find that any of their authors have recommended the position of placing the patient on the side, in order to produce the lateral flexion of the spine, and thereby to overcome the resistance of the Hgaments in the most effectual manner, at the same time that the ribs and vertebrae are brought out of their abnormal position, by the pressure that is made upon them. A French writer, M. Gruerin, adopts the principle of lateral flexion, but by mechanical means only, applied in the horizontal position. He places the patient on the back, and fixes her to the couch by straps and buckles, and then moves portions of the frame-work in opposite directions, by means of
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