The extraordinary case of Sarah Hawkes : one of extreme deformity, cured by a method founded upon simple principles / by Edward Harrison ; printed for the benefit of the patient.

  • Harrison, Edward, 1759-1838
Date:
1832
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Credit: The extraordinary case of Sarah Hawkes : one of extreme deformity, cured by a method founded upon simple principles / by Edward Harrison ; printed for the benefit of the patient. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    considerations. 1 should be justified did I pay the greater attention to this appeal, because such inu- enda have been frequently hazarded with respect to my practice,—even where the results were less startling. Strange reports have been communicated to me, both in conversation and by letter, concerning diffi- culties being raised and objections started as to my practice in this case, by persons entirely strangers to the patient, and by some residing even at a dis- tance, which, if allowed to pass without refutation, might operate to the disadvantage, and, probably, retard the highly encouraging progress of the cure. In compliance with the wishes of my friends I have been induced to rebut a few of the more prominent misrepresentations. I.—A few days after the commencement of the treatment, a medical gentleman, who had paid the patient considerable attention both at Dunmow and in London, expressed himself in the following laconic stile :— You may succeed in extricating the arm, and bringing down the feet; but no alteration can be made in the back; for that is out of your power, as the vertebras are united together. They are con- solidated and anchylosed from one end of the spinal column to the other, To this speech, delivered with unusual energy and animation, I calmly replied, You have addressed me in the language of London;