Spinal caries (spondylitis or Pott's Disease of the spinal column) / by Noble Smith.
- Smith, E. Noble (Eldred Noble), 1847-1906
- Date:
- 1897
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Spinal caries (spondylitis or Pott's Disease of the spinal column) / by Noble Smith. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Development of the Deformity. The projection popularly called the growing out of the spine is the most obvious deformity of this disease, and although there are many cases in which such deformity does not exist, or in which it is very shght, yet it is characteristic of the majority of the instances of caries, and therefore we had better now consider the manner of its ]product^ion. Caries usually commences in the front parts of the column, and extends backwards, but seldom attacks the arches of the Fig. 7. vertebrae. The superincumbent weight of the body is sup- ported chiefly upon the parts of the bones which lie in front of the spinal cord—the bodies of the vertebrae—and consequently as the inflammatory process proceeds, and the bone is dis- solved away, the trunk of the patient bends forwards, and the ulcerated surfaces of bone fall together. Fig. 6 indicates this condition. The arches and spinous processes are not drawn, but the figure shows the disposition of the upper part of the body to fall forwards, and for the spine to project backwards. The](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b2041285x_0023.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
