. A Reference handbook of the medical sciences : embracing the entire range of scientific and practical medicine and allied science. above bythe conventional Taylor chin-piece,as modified by Shaffer ; this modifica-tion consists in the addition of a ball-and-socket pivot (Fig. 3950) by meansof which the head can be secured inany position, or be moved in any di-rection, from day to day, accordingto the indications. A webbing strapis attached to the extremities of theoccipital uprights E E, passingFig. 3949.—The Taylor around the forehead, thus retaining %£%£2F2£*£ Jj» ^ead firmy iu ^apparatus.
. A Reference handbook of the medical sciences : embracing the entire range of scientific and practical medicine and allied science. above bythe conventional Taylor chin-piece,as modified by Shaffer ; this modifica-tion consists in the addition of a ball-and-socket pivot (Fig. 3950) by meansof which the head can be secured inany position, or be moved in any di-rection, from day to day, accordingto the indications. A webbing strapis attached to the extremities of theoccipital uprights E E, passingFig. 3949.—The Taylor around the forehead, thus retaining %£%£2F2£*£ Jj» ^ead firmy iu ^apparatus. The retention-brace should be wornfor several months after a cure has been obtained by ten-otomy, otherwise a relapse will almost inevitably those slight cases in which tenotomy may not beimperative, the support to be employed is the one lastdescribed, as by it the position of the head can be readilychanged, without the necessity of remoulding the appara-tus. The instrument shown in Fig. 3951 may be em-ployed when it is desired to treat the compensatory lat-eral curvature of the spine at the same time with the. 155 REFERENCE HANDBOOK OF THE MEDICAL SCIENCES. torticollis. The dorsal curve may usually with safetybe ignored, as, unless of long standing, it will ordinarilydisappear as soon as the primary condition is removed. Another condition which also bears the name of torti-collis is that of clonic unilateral spasm of one or moreof the muscles of the neck, usually the sterno-cleido-mastoid. It ranks properly among the neuroses, bearingan analogy, in its clinical symptoms at least, to histrionicspasm and writers cramp. It issupposed to be due to an irri-tation of the spinal accessorynerve ; in some cases this nervehas been found to be hyper-trophied. It is a disease moreespecially of adult life, thoughit has been observed tooccur in infants duringdentition, and in olderchildren as a sequela orlingering symptom ofchorea. The head isdra
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