An essay on the prevention & rational treatment of lateral spinal curvature.

  • Roth, Mathias, 1839-1891.
Date:
1885
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Credit: An essay on the prevention & rational treatment of lateral spinal curvature. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    from continuing the treatment which was begun during the holi- days. This girl continued to remain a year longer in that institu- tion, when she was again sent to me ; but the mode of life in that establishment, and the constant mental labour which neces- sarily must undermine the health of many young girls, changed her to such an extent, that the previously plump girl was per- fectly emaciated, her health and strength entirely lost, and the slight curve was changed into a complication of lateral, anterior and posterior curves, which had advanced to such a degree, that notwithstanding the care of kind friends, (with whom she lived after leaving the institution,) I could not hold out any hope for a cure, and all that could be expected under the most favourable circumstances, was only a slight improvement of the spinal deformity. f Forcing or Hot-house production of Diseases and Deformities during Education. 24. The following extract gives an idea of what I call hot- house production of spinal curvatures and other diseases which is going on during the education of our girls at home under the eye of their parents, as well as in many educational establishments. The paper was written in answer to my inquiries regarding the mode of life in that educational institution, in which the patient whose case I have named in the preceding paragraph was placed. By publishing this extract, I hope to induce my pro- fessional brethren not only to pay more attention to some of the most prolific causes of chronic ailments and deformities, but that they will also enlighten parents, governesses and tutors on the disastrous consequences of the very prevalent and injurious modes of education, where all pains and trouble are taken for the development of the mental faculties of the pupils, while a simultaneous crippling of the body is involuntarily but systematically pursued. 25. THE RULES AND REGULATIONS OF AN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION. (Extracted from the Report of the Patient whose case is mentioned in /Section 23.) There are study classes, each having its own governess, and