. The Boston medical and surgical journal. metime after the fall. There was a sting-ing pain in the back, and grating in the neck with painon movement, with numb sensation up to the back ofthe head. Most of the symptoms disappeared in ashort time. The head is still held somewhat stifflyforward, there is limitation on backward flexion, andin less degree on rotation. No irregularity is detectedin the spinous processes. There is now no paralysis ofmotion or sensation. Examination of the eyes isnegative. There is no rigidity of the muscles of theneck, the limitation of motion being apparently con-
. The Boston medical and surgical journal. metime after the fall. There was a sting-ing pain in the back, and grating in the neck with painon movement, with numb sensation up to the back ofthe head. Most of the symptoms disappeared in ashort time. The head is still held somewhat stifflyforward, there is limitation on backward flexion, andin less degree on rotation. No irregularity is detectedin the spinous processes. There is now no paralysis ofmotion or sensation. Examination of the eyes isnegative. There is no rigidity of the muscles of theneck, the limitation of motion being apparently con-nected with the vertebral columu. Allusion has been made to the fact that the muscleson one side are lax in unilateral dislocation (see Figure3), while those on the other are put upon the might be assumed that the exact converse should belooked for in cases of torticollis. This is not, how-ever, always the case, because the muscles on the non-spasmodic side may be also put upon the stretch intorticollis, as is seen in Figure Fig. 3. Unilateral dislocation of atlas upon axis. Sterno-mastoidtense on the left, lax on the right.
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