Practical observations on the prevention, causes, and treatment of curvatures of the spine : with an etching and description of an apparatus for the correction of the deformity . ? . ? -? ? ?. CASE. 125 viction of the efficacy of the plan recommended, could haveproduced. Setons, issues, &c., have been so long recommendedby practitioners of the first respectability, that nothing butextensive practice, and close attention to the subject, canjustify the writer in stating, that their use may be dis-pensed with: after mature deliberation and careful inves-tigation of their respective effects in dif
Practical observations on the prevention, causes, and treatment of curvatures of the spine : with an etching and description of an apparatus for the correction of the deformity . ? . ? -? ? ?. CASE. 125 viction of the efficacy of the plan recommended, could haveproduced. Setons, issues, &c., have been so long recommendedby practitioners of the first respectability, that nothing butextensive practice, and close attention to the subject, canjustify the writer in stating, that their use may be dis-pensed with: after mature deliberation and careful inves-tigation of their respective effects in different cases, he isquite satisfied that blisters are, generally, far more effica-cious, and decidedly the best counter irritants; in place,therefore, of the seton or similar remedies, he recom-mends the application of a large blister to the partaffected, once a week, or oftener, according to cir-cumstances; being convinced that the copious dis-charge from it, gives more relief than the remedies justalluded to, which are always troublesome and often verydistressing; the parts also, frequently remaining extremelysensitive even after they are healed. The foregoing remarksare well wort
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