A treatise on orthopedic surgery . tient, and if the change in contour is significant of adestructive process. As has been stated the symptoms and the effects of the diseasediffer according to the function of the part of the spine involved,and the further examination should be conducted, therefore,from this standpoint. 1. Regional Examination: the Lower Region.—Consideringthe regions of the spine in the order of liability to disease onebegins with the lower section, comprising the lumbar and thetwo lower dorsal vertebras, that more nearly correspond in shapeand function to the lumbar than to t
A treatise on orthopedic surgery . tient, and if the change in contour is significant of adestructive process. As has been stated the symptoms and the effects of the diseasediffer according to the function of the part of the spine involved,and the further examination should be conducted, therefore,from this standpoint. 1. Regional Examination: the Lower Region.—Consideringthe regions of the spine in the order of liability to disease onebegins with the lower section, comprising the lumbar and thetwo lower dorsal vertebras, that more nearly correspond in shapeand function to the lumbar than to the thoracic division. TUBEBCULOUS DISEASE OF THE SPINE. 39 This is the region. of free and extensive motion; thus thepainful stiffness, characteristic of the disease, is usually evidentlong before the stage of bone destruction. The characteristic attitude of the patient is one of what mightbe called overerectness, and in many instances there is an in-creased holloivness of the back (lordosis, Figs. 10 and 12) ; Fig. 10. Fig.
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