The relief and cure of spinal curvatures / by Percy G. Lewis.

  • Lewis, Percy, 1862-
Date:
1897
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Credit: The relief and cure of spinal curvatures / by Percy G. Lewis. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    of daily exercises. Most cases require three months, and others six. A few very bad cases take a year, or even more. These periods, however, com- pare very favourably with the length of treatment by instruments alone. The length of treatment is much shorter if the patient is a boy, if the surgeon has the active co-operation of the patient and his friends, if the exercises are done daily, if carried out under a com- petent gymnastic master, if there is an active and intelligent interest shown by the supervising surgeon, and if no in- tercurrent malady occurs to break the continuity of the treatment. The treatment is longer for girls, because they must omit the exercises for at least four days a month, or for a longer time if there are disorders of menstruation. It is longer, too, if other things, such as school, late hours, holi- days, &c, are allowed to interfere with the course. Relapse rarely occurs when once cure is obtained, unless the original causes