. An essay on crookedness, or, Distortions of the spine : shewing the insufficiency of a variety of modes made use of for relief in these cases : and proposing methods, easy, safe, and more effectual for the completion of their cures : with some hints for the prevention of these affections, and their disagreeable, painful, and dangerous consequences : illustrated with several copper plates, taken from distorted subjects . e there is no real dif-tortion, undertake to lupply ladies v/ith one pairof ftays, and a collar, made under my own in-fpetf ion, and where a collar is not wanting, twopair of
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. An essay on crookedness, or, Distortions of the spine : shewing the insufficiency of a variety of modes made use of for relief in these cases : and proposing methods, easy, safe, and more effectual for the completion of their cures : with some hints for the prevention of these affections, and their disagreeable, painful, and dangerous consequences : illustrated with several copper plates, taken from distorted subjects . e there is no real dif-tortion, undertake to lupply ladies v/ith one pairof ftays, and a collar, made under my own in-fpetf ion, and where a collar is not wanting, twopair of flays annually, and vifit them at leaft twicea month, flanding to all necelTary repairs, for fiveguineas per annum, 1 V: For [ ^35 I For the more readily referring to particular cafesvith their caufes, we have annexed the followingtable. Incurvatiojis of the fpine from abforption^ or wajieof the body of the vertebra. No. c A S E S. I i6 28 36 2021 3S36 79 22 27 4551 Incurvations of the fpine from accidents, C AS E S. No. 10 27 53 Incurvations of the fpine from fuppofed carles of the bones. CASES. No. 2 8 14 Incurvations of the fpine from conira^lons of themufcles of the neck. CASES.No. 17 50 52 46 K 4 /;?^?»r- C 36 ] In/oUrVfitlons of the ^ nne from molliths ojfium, or foftnefs of the bone. C A S E S. No, 4 26 41 5 29 4Z 11 3^ 43 12 31 44 13 32 47 15 33 48 18 34 49 19 ^7 50 23 38 54 24 39 55 25 4Q ? ? PLATE. [ ^37 ] PLATE I A Defcrlpilon of a Dljlorted Spme, from the Colkc^tion of the late Dr. Hunter, by PenmJJlon of theExecutors, Dr. Pitcairne and Dr. Combes. Front View. A HIS fpine has the general appearance of tholewhich are commonly met with, having a doublecurvature, and fhape of an inverted S : this is froman adult, who feems to have pofleiTed a muchflronger conftitution and longer life than is ufualin thofe cafes ; for the bones are deeply imprefledby the attachment of the mufcles; the fpines ofthe ilium are rough and fcabrous, and the os ino-minatum is thin, and near