Observations on torticollis : with particular reference to the significance of the so-called hematoma of the sterno-mastoid muscle / by Royal Whitman.

  • Whitman, Royal, 1857-1946.
Date:
[1891]
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Credit: Observations on torticollis : with particular reference to the significance of the so-called hematoma of the sterno-mastoid muscle / by Royal Whitman. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    Fifth child, delivered by version, arm broken in the act. Three preceding children had died during labor. Tumor, size of a hazel-nut, in the middle of the right sterno-mastoid, hard, not sen- sitive ; noticed by the mother at six weeks; no tor- ticollis; no symptoms. The infant died eighteen days after. Case IL—Male, brought on August i6, 1889, at the age of three weeks. First child; delivered by forceps after tedious labor. Tumor, size of a large almond, in the left sterno-mastoid muscle ; not sensitive to pressure; noticed at ten days. No tor- ticollis; no symptoms The swelling disappeared in three months. Child examined at nineteen months; no trace. Case III.—Male, seen August 28, 1890, at the age of five weeks. First child ; forceps delivery after difficult labor. Tumor, size of a small pigeon’s egg, in the middle of the left sterno-mastoid ; no- ticed at three weeks. No torticollis or other symp- toms. The swelling disappeared in three months. Examined at the age of nine months; no trace remaining. Case IV.—Female, brought September 16, 1890, at eleven weeks. First child; breech presentation. Delivered by a midwife with some difficulty. Tumor in the middle of the right sterno-mastoid, size of a hazel-nut; noticed at eight weeks. No torticollis. The induration disappeared in four months. Examined at eight months ; no trace. Case V.—Male, seen May 2, 1891, at two months. Breech presentation, spontaneous and easy labor. Tumor size of a hazel-nut in the uj^per third of the right sterno-mastoid ; noticed at three weeks. A gurgling respiration was apparent wlien the child nursed the left breast. There was no torticollis, though slight resistance on extreme tension of the affected side.