Principles and practice of spinal adjustment; for the use of students and practitioners . elsany doubt as to the possibility of vertebral subluxations with-out fracture, and a consequent narrowing of the correspondingintervertebral foramen. This narrowing is amply sufficientto produce enough pressure upon the vessels transmittedthrough the foramen, and of the nerves to destroy their powerof conductivity. The following extracts from Dr. Alfred Waltons writingsalong this subject apply in this connection as bearing on theanatomical basis of chiropractic: Every normal spine hascertain architectura
Principles and practice of spinal adjustment; for the use of students and practitioners . elsany doubt as to the possibility of vertebral subluxations with-out fracture, and a consequent narrowing of the correspondingintervertebral foramen. This narrowing is amply sufficientto produce enough pressure upon the vessels transmittedthrough the foramen, and of the nerves to destroy their powerof conductivity. The following extracts from Dr. Alfred Waltons writingsalong this subject apply in this connection as bearing on theanatomical basis of chiropractic: Every normal spine hascertain architectural defects. The third and fourth cervicalvertebrae are exceedingly delicate in structure, and permit ofmuch lateral motion, whereby the head is greatly tilted toone side, as is seen in children with hydrocephalus. Thesixth, seventh and eighth dorsal vertebrae are relatively weak,and are frequently subluxated, which accounts for theprevalence of dyspepsia, and also for the whole train of dis-orders incident to pressure upon the spinal nerves concernedwith digestion. 34 SPINAL ADJUSTMENT. Fig. 8. ANATOMICAL BASIS OF CHIROPRACTIC 35 The American people are said to be a nation of cause is frequently referred to as due to improperly cookedfoods and hurried eating; these are not the principal factors,however, for dyspepsia is exceedingly common with thosewho are confirmed invalids, who eat slowly, and confine them-selves to a carefully selected diet. The fact is, that as soonas pressure is removed from the middle dorsal nerves, thedyspeptic begins to take on flesh, and has a digestion strongenough to eat anything placed before him. The tenth dorsal vertebra because of not being supportedby the ribs, permits of the rotation of the body, a beautifulexample of which is demonstrated when the golf player topsa ball. If his drive has been of sufficient force, it will benoticed that the body has described nearly three-fourths of acircle; hence the frequency with which the tent
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