Manual of diseases and deformities of the spine / by R.L. Swan.

Date:
1894
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Manual of diseases and deformities of the spine / by R.L. Swan. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    CONTENTS CHAPTER I, PAGE. Vertebral Caries—Origin of Disease—Symptoms of Cervical Caries—Occipito Allantoic! Disease—Atlanto Axoid Disease— Caries in the Dorsal Region—Caries and Suppuration without Deformity—Implication of Costo-Vertebral Articulations— Exudation of Lymph around the Lamina and Spinous Pro- cesses to form a Posterior Splint—Compensatory Curves— Caries of the Lumbar Vertebree— Ventre a Terre. ... I CHAPTER IL Suppuration—Abscess in Cervical Caries—Symptoms—Retro- pharyngeal Abscess—Abscess in Dorsal Caries—Spinal Abscess confounded with that from Morbus Coxfe—Pulmon- ary Abscess in connection with Spinal Disease—The various directions a Spinal Abscess may take ... ... ... CHAPTER in. Treatment of Spinal Caries—Application of Sayer's Jacket— Horizontal Method—The Jury Mast—The Pneumatic Collar —Retropharyngeal Abscess—Syphilitic Disease in Cervical Region—The Taylor Brace—Cocking's Poroplastic Felt ... 32 CHAPTER IV. TREATMENT OF SPINAL ABSCESS. Billroth's Views — Aspiration — Barker's Treatment —Author's Treatment—Rules to be observed in Opening Spinal Abscess —Amyloid Degenerations consequent upon Suppuration ... 49