A treatise on orthopedic surgery . The divisions of the spine. TUBEBCULOUS DISEASE OF THE SPINE. 33 vertebral disks are thin, because of the overlapping spinousprocesses, and because it forms a part of the rigid thorax. Fig. Cross-section of the body of a child at the third dorsal vertebra. (Dwight.) Where free motion is essential to the habitual attitudes, inter-ference with normal motion, and the other attendant symptoms3 34 ORTHOPEDIC SUEGEBY. of disease will be apparent earliest. Thus one more often hasthe opportunity for early diagnosis in disease of the lumbar andcervical regions bec
A treatise on orthopedic surgery . The divisions of the spine. TUBEBCULOUS DISEASE OF THE SPINE. 33 vertebral disks are thin, because of the overlapping spinousprocesses, and because it forms a part of the rigid thorax. Fig. Cross-section of the body of a child at the third dorsal vertebra. (Dwight.) Where free motion is essential to the habitual attitudes, inter-ference with normal motion, and the other attendant symptoms3 34 ORTHOPEDIC SUEGEBY. of disease will be apparent earliest. Thus one more often hasthe opportunity for early diagnosis in disease of the lumbar andcervical regions because in the one the motions necessary instooping, sitting, and standing are constrained, and in the otherthe neck is stiff, or the head is turned or drawn from the normalline. In the thoracic region early diagnosis is less often made,because in this section motion is so unimportant that its re-straint may escape the attention of the patient or parent. Inconsidering diagnosis, therefore, and, in fact, treatment andprognosis, one should divide the spine into three sections tocorrespond with function: 1. The neck part, that permits free motion of the head, end-ing at the third dorsal vertebra. 2. The rigid thoracic part, wh
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