A study of the sitting posture and a proposed apparatus for patients shortened by Pott's disease / by A.B. Judson.

  • Judson, Adoniram Brown, 1837-1916.
Date:
1898
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Credit: A study of the sitting posture and a proposed apparatus for patients shortened by Pott's disease / by A.B. Judson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    APPARATUS FOR PATIENTS WITH POTT’s DISEASE. 3 often make use of the thigh-bones as well as the ossa innominata (Fig. 3). When we are tired or in a lounging mood we may sit on the sacrum or, if the feet are on the mantel-piece, on the lumbar region of the spine. An inquisitive European discovered that the Americans were accustomed to sit on the small of the back, and had thus ingeniously demonstrated the use of the part of the anatomy which had been supposed to have no particular function. At other times and in other moods we may sit comfortably on the ischiatic tuberosities alone, and if we would appear erect and dignified we may sit with the tuberosities raised from the seat and with the weight of the body borne by the femoral shafts resting on the edge of the chair. In this last position the natural height is at its best, and patients shortened by Pott’s disease may be observed to sit in this manner (Fig. 4) until fatigue prompts a more easy attitude with a descent of the head and shoulders (Fig. 1), which in some cases may, in all probability, be prevented by the use of the apparatus suggested (Fig. 2). I have nothing further to present on this subject, and close by expressing the hope that some one will carry the idea further.