Nervous and mental diseases . wing to the shorten-ing of the calf muscles, little difficulty is found inmaintaining the ankle-joint at a proper angle unlessan equine position of the foot has developed, caus-ing the patients to stand upon their toes. Stand-ing then becomes extremely difficult. The positionat the knee and hip is often entirely dependentupon the ligamentous support of these allows the pelvis to tip forward upon the head of the femurs and necessitates a strong Fig m — showing the anterior spinal bend to carry the head and jgg*iu advanced myoshoulders back into the line
Nervous and mental diseases . wing to the shorten-ing of the calf muscles, little difficulty is found inmaintaining the ankle-joint at a proper angle unlessan equine position of the foot has developed, caus-ing the patients to stand upon their toes. Stand-ing then becomes extremely difficult. The positionat the knee and hip is often entirely dependentupon the ligamentous support of these allows the pelvis to tip forward upon the head of the femurs and necessitates a strong Fig m — showing the anterior spinal bend to carry the head and jgg*iu advanced myoshoulders back into the line of gravity for the maintenance of the equilibrium. The prominence of the abdomen is thus produced and is accentuated in turn by the weakness of the abdomi- 1 Neurol. Centralbl. Julv ], 1901. 414 DISEASES OF THE CORD PROPER. nal muscles. In some cases the head is tilted backward, but when thespinal curve is pronounced the chin may rest on the sternum. Ordi-narily the feet are kept wide apart to increase the base of
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