The treatment of lateral curvature of the spine : with appendix on the treatment of flat-foot / by Bernard Roth.

  • Bernard Roth
Date:
1889
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Credit: The treatment of lateral curvature of the spine : with appendix on the treatment of flat-foot / by Bernard Roth. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    case seemed to have undergone marked improve- ment.—Medical Times and Gazette, April 21st, 1883.] This young lady two years afterwards went on the stage of one of the leading theatres in London, and has continued to act up to the present time. When the Clinical Society's Committee on Lateral Curvature of the Spine was appointed on March 11th, 1887, nearly the first letter I received from the Hon. Secretary was one requesting me to exhibit this patient before the Committee. The young lady most kindly consented, and she was thoroughly examined by all the members of the Committee on April 15th, 1887. She also informed the Committee that the dressmaker of the theatre had never found fault with her figure when trying on new dresses. I believe I am correct in stating that the Committee were satisfied that there had been no relapse since the patient had been exhibited at the Clinical Society's meeting four years pre- viously. This was a severe test of the permanence of the cure I had been able to effect, because this young lady at the time she saw the Committee at my house was not only acting every night in two pieces, but was rehearsing for several hours daily in a new play, which was soon afterwards successfully placed on the stage. Case II.—Miss E. L., set. seventeen years, from Jersey, consulted me on April 24th, 1888, with the following history : About eight years ago the right shoulder was observed to be growing out, the only ascertainable cause being a very rapid growth. The
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