Spinal disease and spinal curvature : their treatment by suspension and the use of the plaster of Paris bandage / by Lewis A. Sayre.

  • Sayre, Lewis A. (Lewis Albert), 1820-1900.
Date:
1877
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Credit: Spinal disease and spinal curvature : their treatment by suspension and the use of the plaster of Paris bandage / by Lewis A. Sayre. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    POTT'S DISEASE ANGULAR CURVATtJEE OF THE SPINE. Before dealing with the main object of this short essay, and stating some facts of interest and importance with regard to a method of treating curvature of the spine which has been em- ployed by myself to the exclusion of all other methods of local application during the past three years, I propose to review, briefly, some other jDoints connected with Pott's disease. Hold- ing, as I do, views that are somewhat at variance with those of the standard authorities, concerning the nature of caries or Pottos disease of the spine, it will not be unprofitable, I think, to preface my remarks on the treatment, by a short discussion of the pathology, etiology, and symptoms of the disease. It will be necessary also for me to describe my method of examining the subjects of the disease, as this is a point to which I attach much importance. Pathology.—The deformity of the spine, known as Pott's disease, or posterior angular curvature, is a result of slow inflam- mation and consecutive loss of substance in the bodies of certain vertebrae, and in the corresponding intervertebral discs. This form of curv.-iture diifers from that in a lateral direction, in which there is no disease of bone, but which is dependent upon abnormal and irregular muscular contraction. With regard to Pott's disease, I have held for many years that it is B