Pediatrics. . de of the higher scapula. This fulness is caused by therotation of the vertebrae on each other and consequent pro-jection of the ribs on that side of the vertebras rotated towardthe rear, and recession of the chest-wall on that side of the ver-tebrae which is rotated toward the front. This is the way inwhich these cases all begin. None of them begin as bad cases,they are all slight, but they all make constant, though insidi-ous progress towards hideous deformity. This girl (Fig. i) shows an incipient case of lateral cur-vature. It is not so very incipient, either. If you will car
Pediatrics. . de of the higher scapula. This fulness is caused by therotation of the vertebrae on each other and consequent pro-jection of the ribs on that side of the vertebras rotated towardthe rear, and recession of the chest-wall on that side of the ver-tebrae which is rotated toward the front. This is the way inwhich these cases all begin. None of them begin as bad cases,they are all slight, but they all make constant, though insidi-ous progress towards hideous deformity. This girl (Fig. i) shows an incipient case of lateral cur-vature. It is not so very incipient, either. If you will care-fully observe you will see many children who have muchslighter deformity than this one, and the earlier you take thecase the more likely you will be to have a good result. It isusually supposed that the disease begins about puberty;whereas, in fact, it almost always begins very much earlier,but is not recognized until puberty, and, therefore, is sup-posed, either by the parents or the physician, to have com-. Fig. 6.
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