Lateral Curvature Of The Spine And Round Shoulders Classic Reprint

Download or read book Lateral Curvature of the Spine and Round Shoulders (Classic Reprint) written by Robert W. Lovett and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-21 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Lateral Curvature of the Spine and Round Shoulders In the three years and a half since the second edition of this book was published there has been much discussion of the question of the treatment of scoliosis by forcible correction, and a greatly increased interest has been awakened in the matter. In 1911 a modification of former methods of forcible correction was advocated, and for this modification was claimed a degree of effectiveness hitherto quite unknown and not in accord with our pathological knowledge. The method thus advocated was enthusiastically accepted and loudly acclaimed by many competent men. But in the last year or two a reaction has set in, and much unfavorable criticism of the method has been published. Under these circumstances I have fallen back on my own personal experience, and have published certain well-recorded cases showing what I have personally been able to accomplish by forcible correction. In addition to this I have stated what I believe to be the status of the matter at present, a status still unsettled. Apparently the time has come when a serious analysis of the results by means of roentgenograms will be required to place the matter on a convincing basis. Assertions and opinions have too long prevailed in scoliosis, and tangible facts are now required. I have rewritten a large part of the section on treatment, and I have revised extensively other parts of the book, condensing where I could and expanding where it seemed necessary. A chapter on the history of scoliosis has been added, because there seemed to be nothing in English on the subject. I have endeavored to reclassify and rearrange certain parts of the book in order to present with greater clearness certain phases of this complicated affection, because consideration of the matter has in the past tended toward complexity, and it has seemed to me that a clear statement of essential points was desirable in a book intended largely for use as a text-book. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.