Orthopaedia or a practical treatise on the aberrations of the human form / by James Knight.
- Knight, James, 1810-1887
- Date:
- 1874
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Orthopaedia or a practical treatise on the aberrations of the human form / by James Knight. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![CHAPTER I. REMARKS ON DEFECTIVE PHYSICAL FORMATION. Congenital aberration of the human form anciently attributed to mental and physical impressions on the enciente.— The laws of Lycurgus in relation to malformed offspring. — The undue severity of these laws naturally prompted efforts for cure.— Modern theories and investigations with deductions there- from.— R. W. Tamplin's opinion as to the cause of congenita] deformities of the feet.— Unfavorable position of the feet in children and adults results in persistent deformity.— Intra-uterine life, and its susceptibility to change in health and physical formation.— The dogmas of Hippocrates, Pare, Petit, etc., in reference to the causes of congenital deformities.— The opinions of MM. Serres, Geoffrey, Saint Hilaire and Roux, compared with the diverse views of Tiedman on the subject.— Guerin's theories on the causes of foetal deformity, as presented and illustrated by him before the Academy of Sciences at Paris. — Our own professional experiences as to defective physical formation, illus- trated by the history and diagnosis of patients.— Arrest of development and contortion the inevitable result of abnormal nervous energy, as demonstrated in the histories of several recent cases.— Diagnosis and treatment of the case of Maggie K.— Marked and permanent improvement after a year's treatment. — Recapitulation of facts deduced from this case.—Extraordinary instance of uniform arrest of development.— History of patient.— Cases of angular bending of lower third of tibia and fibula, without retraction of the muscles.— Case of primipara, band encircling right leg below knee.— Case of club-foot, with cinctures in limbs.— Blemishes ; difficulty in assigning origin ; the varied forms they assume.— Curious practices jn horse-breeding.— Abnormal marks and appearances on newly-born children, their origin.—'Congenital Luxa- tion.— Luxation of the hip.— Knowledge as to treatment of this affliction extremely limited.— Congenital luxation in the earlier periods of gestation; its effect on the articulating cavities.— Its protracted development.— Peculiar symptoms.— Disease generally hereditary — Dupuytren's case of an entire family afflicted with congenital luxation.— Doubtful whether the cause is arrest of development of the cotyloid cavity or simply muscular retraction.— Ancient Treatment op Deformity.— Talipes treated by Hippocrates 500 B. C, but not again made the subject of research for 1600 years.— Ambrose](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21135083_0017.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
