A treatise on orthopedic surgery . b,and the resulting limp is often mistaken for a sign of hipdisease. Unilateral psoas contraction is, in fact, so oftenpresent when the patient is first brought for treatment, that alimp and the accompanying inclination of the body may be con-sidered as characteristic of disease of the lumbar region at asomewhat advanced stage (Fig. 13). The location of the pain depends upon the distribution of thenerves that supply the diseased vertebrae or that pass in theirvicinity; it may radiate over the inguinal region or backwardto the loins or buttocks or down the fro
A treatise on orthopedic surgery . b,and the resulting limp is often mistaken for a sign of hipdisease. Unilateral psoas contraction is, in fact, so oftenpresent when the patient is first brought for treatment, that alimp and the accompanying inclination of the body may be con-sidered as characteristic of disease of the lumbar region at asomewhat advanced stage (Fig. 13). The location of the pain depends upon the distribution of thenerves that supply the diseased vertebrae or that pass in theirvicinity; it may radiate over the inguinal region or backwardto the loins or buttocks or down the front or back of the thighsto the knees. Painful cramp is sometimes a prominent TUBERCULOUS DISEASE OF TEE SPINE. 41 symptom; the limb is siDasmodically drawn toward the body andthe patient, seizing it with both hands, shrieks with pain. Lateral inclination of the body is often present particularlywhen the disease is at the lumbosacral articulation. It isusually a symptom of unilateral psoas contraction and abscess; Fig. 12. Fig.
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