"School" lateral curvature / by Henry O. Feiss.

  • Feiss, Henry O.
Date:
[1905?]
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Credit: "School" lateral curvature / by Henry O. Feiss. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    curves. The spine being flexible it is capable of assuming many asvmmetrical positions which are normal if they are not habitual. lf, for example, on account of same particular occupation, any person maintains his spine steadily in an asymmetrical position, he will become used to that position and while doing his work will naturally assume this usual position as the easiest. This 1s not a so-called ‘habitual’? asymmetry unless he takes that posi- tion naturally even when he is not at his occupation. However, if the curve is not naturally obliterated when his work is over, it may be that the person may resume the straight position by simply reminding himself to do it. Such a curve comes under the head of a flexible curve. If the curve cannot be straightened out without using undue force, we have a fixed curve. The longer a person has assumed an habitual curve, the more likely it is to be fixed. It is under the héad of the occupation type that we must consider “school” scoliosis. Dr Truslow,! of New York, found that in 400 cases of occu- pation scolioses, the following occupations were represented: School 285, factory 19, clerk 13, domestic 8, millinery and dress- making 8, messenger 3, teacher 2, no occupation 59; making a total. of 400. ee Bradford and Lovett? made observations upon 67 healthy males who were taking an examination. At the end of two hours their attitudes were noted. In all cases there was a slight rotation of the spinal column. The authors assumed, therefore, that 11 a twist of the spinal column occurs in writing among strong men, faulty attitude must be extremely common in children. In the last few years there has been considerable discussion as te whether a school scoliosis actually exists. The result of this discussion shows conclusively that the school does produce a great proportion of lateral curvature. The question has recently been investigated by Dr Scholder** of Lausanne, who says that school scoliosis is that more or less fixed and con- solidated oblique position of the trunk which is attained by habit, and which is maintained by changes in the bones and ligaments. The faulty position of school children which, in its beginning, is physiological, gradually becomes pathological as the position becomes habitual. He further states that the
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