Observations on torticollis : with particular reference to the significance of the so-called hematoma of the sterno-mastoid muscle / by Royal Whitman.

  • Whitman, Royal, 1857-1946.
Date:
[1891]
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Credit: Observations on torticollis : with particular reference to the significance of the so-called hematoma of the sterno-mastoid muscle / by Royal Whitman. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    P^xcluding congenital cases, the duration of the affection was mentioned in 137 instances. The affected side was mentioned in 187 instances. In 98 it was on the right, and in 97 upon the left side, in contrast to the assertion that it is much more frequent on the right than the left side. Early childhood is the time of greatest susceptibility, but ten cases are noted at more than eighteen years of age. In 106 cases of acquired torticollis the cause seemed apparent. Of these nearly 50 per cent, might fairly be classed as from cervical gland irritation, often after some contagious disease. Age and sex of patient when first seen ; Age. Congenital (?) Males. • 14 Females. 18 Total. 32 6 months or less . 4 4 8 I year . • 4 S 9 2 years . • 7 9 16 3 • • 3 4 7 4 . 7 9 16 5 • . II 13 24 6 “ . • 9 14 23 7 ■ • 9 IS 24 8 . ■ 9 10 19 9 . ■ 3 17 20 10 “ . ■ 13 7 20 II . 2 8 10 12 . 2 7 9 13 . 2 3 5 14 . . I 4 . 5 IS “ ■ ■ 3 2 5 17 . I I 18 . . I 1 Over 21 years 5 5 10 . 109 15s 264