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On the nature and treatment of the distortions to which the spine, and the bones of the chest are subject. With an enquiry into the merits of the several modes of the practice which have hitherto been followed in the treatment of distortions / By John Shaw.

  • Shaw, John, 1792-1827
Date:
1823
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: On the nature and treatment of the distortions to which the spine, and the bones of the chest are subject. With an enquiry into the merits of the several modes of the practice which have hitherto been followed in the treatment of distortions / By John Shaw. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    PREFACE. As the spine forms a column, by which all the bones of the body are connected, and as the spinal marrow, the most vital of all the organs, is contained within it, the diseases to which it is liable are particularly interesting. Drrormiry is the necessary result of the slightest deviation of the spine from its natural shape, and Lire is endangered by many of the diseases and accidents to which it is subject. The enquiry into the distortion, com- monly called Lateral Curvature of the Spine, occupies the whole of the present volume. * ‘The importance of investigating * 'The other diseases of the spine and the distortions of the limbs will form the subjects of another volume. A 4