An essay on the various causes and effects of the distorted spine; on the improper methods ... to remove that distortion; in which that recommended by Mr. Pott is considered, and the bad effects of Vacher's ( ... called Jones's) spinal machine are pointed out: with the description of an instrument ... better calculated to remove those distortions than any hitherto ... To which are added, some observations on ... ruptures / [Timothy Sheldrake].

Sheldrake, Timothy, Jr.

Date:: [1783]

Credit: An essay on the various causes and effects of the distorted spine; on the improper methods ... to remove that distortion; in which that recommended by Mr. Pott is considered, and the bad effects of Vacher's ( ... called Jones's) spinal machine are pointed out: with the description of an instrument ... better calculated to remove those distortions than any hitherto ... To which are added, some observations on ... ruptures / [Timothy Sheldrake]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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fo that the patients may wear it conftantly, without Impediment to their exercife or other employment; and It muft likewlfe be fo con- trived that we may encreafe or dimlnifti Its 0 power, as the circumftances of the cafe may render it neceflary. A MACHINE has lately been much ufed that is faid to have the above-mentioned pro- perties, but notwithftanding its appearance is in its favor, it is far from having that efFedt: numbers of them have been made by a Mr. Jones, who calls himfelf the Inventor of them; it is needlefs for me to examine the foundation of his claim to the invention, as I find the fame machine defcrlbed In the Memoir es de V Acadhnie Roy ale de Chirurgie d Paris-y It Is there afcribed to a Monf. Vacher, and has been made public near thirty years, I fhal], therefore enquire into the flrufture and pretended effefts of this machine, as I find it defcrlbed in that work. * i. ! Mons.

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