An essay on crookedness, or distortions of the spine : shewing the insufficiency of a variety of modes made use of for the relief in these cases; and proposing methods, easy, safe, and more effectual for the completion of their cures; with some hints for the prevention of these affections, and their disagreeable, painful, and dangerous consequences / by Philip Jones.
- Jones, Philip
- Date:
- [1788]
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: An essay on crookedness, or distortions of the spine : shewing the insufficiency of a variety of modes made use of for the relief in these cases; and proposing methods, easy, safe, and more effectual for the completion of their cures; with some hints for the prevention of these affections, and their disagreeable, painful, and dangerous consequences / by Philip Jones. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![[ *9 ] the fpine to its natural fituation ; for the weight above depreffing tbofc parts which are : diftafcd, greatly affifts m increafing the mifchief. If we obferve the efforts which children make under thefe circumftances, Nature herfelf, we (hall find, points out the neceffity of what we have advifed ; for they labour to take off the load, by fupporting themfelves on chairs and tables ; and wheathey walk, fixing the hands upon their knees. Thus the difeafed part is relieved; which otherwife would, from the fpine being out of the line of direaion, be acled upon improperly. Again; that fuch fupport is neceffary, we may be convinced from obferving the effects in dif- tortions of the vertebrae of the neck from an hydrocephalus, or watery head; for here the {lender bones of the neck are not able to fup- port the head, which is become too ponde- rous : fo that whenever children trms affii&ed are defirous of fitting upright, the attempt would be in vain, without the head was fupported by the hand of an affiftant. Indeed, in whatever point of view we take this fubjed ; whatever may be the occafional caufe, it is obvious the fupport from preflure mufl always be attempted; and the fuperincumbent weight taken off; which, in much the greater number of cafes, prove a remedy; and %](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21288057_0047.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
