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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    cotton or horsehair, covered with silk or chamois-leather, corresponding to the shape of the hollow of the foot, the sole of the shoe having a thinner and moveable middle-piece adapts itself to the shape of the foot, and as the pad raises slightly the middle part and internal edge of the foot, the boot (which reaches above the ankles and is laced in front) assists the foot at every step, and brings it into a more normal position. I have elsewhere * mentioned the bad effects of high as well as of small heels. Stockings with toes are preferable, because they would prevent the toes from bending, and thus diminishing the basis of the foot; while corn-cutters, chiropodists, and foot-doctors would be less wanted. 54. Boys and men should leave off tight hats, stocks (which produce headache and other disagreeable symptoms in the face and head), tight belts, and braces (the two last compare in their effects with shoulder-straps and corsets); trousers fastened by a half circular band in front, an elastic and strap on the sacrum, made on the same principle as the bands of petticoats, will answer all purposes without interfering with the digestion, by pressure on the stomach and abdomen. 55. FIFTH EDLE.—AVOID BAD POSITIONS. Avoid during the usual occupations of life, but especially during the period of education, such positions as contribute to the development of the predisposition to curvatures, or increase a beginning curvature. By looking on the engravings of the bad positions drawn from life, and which I have chosen because they are very frequently observed, it will be easily understood why they have such an injurious influence on weakly consti- tuted persons, especially on growing girls—and why those who are suffering even from the slightest curve, must be constantly watched, that they may not choose these bad positions, which they do unconsciously and involuntarily. * Cure of Chronic Disease by Movements, on Dress, p. 2G0. E 2