Tuberculosis in infancy and childhood : its pathology, prevention, and treatment . FIG. 3. ATTITUDE IN DISEASE OF LOWERCERVICAL ANDUPPER DORSALREGION. FIG. 4. ATTITUDE IN TUBERCULOUSDISEASE OF UPPERDORSAL REGION. three classes—viz., those connected with (a) cervical spondylitis,(b) dorsal spondylitis, (c) lumbar spondylitis. Tuberculous Cervical Disease. In cervical disease the first symptom is restriction of the normalrange of movement. The body and head move in one piece. Theeyes strain to follow you, but the vertebrae are not allowed to neck is stiff. If any attempt be made to to
Tuberculosis in infancy and childhood : its pathology, prevention, and treatment . FIG. 3. ATTITUDE IN DISEASE OF LOWERCERVICAL ANDUPPER DORSALREGION. FIG. 4. ATTITUDE IN TUBERCULOUSDISEASE OF UPPERDORSAL REGION. three classes—viz., those connected with (a) cervical spondylitis,(b) dorsal spondylitis, (c) lumbar spondylitis. Tuberculous Cervical Disease. In cervical disease the first symptom is restriction of the normalrange of movement. The body and head move in one piece. Theeyes strain to follow you, but the vertebrae are not allowed to neck is stiff. If any attempt be made to touch the head or toelevate the chin the child screams, but the head is held quite rigid. Ifthe two or three upper vertebrae are diseased the head will be twistedto one side as in wry-neck, one or both mastoids being rigid (Fig. 2).If the disease is lower, the chin is advanced and dropped towards thechest, and an angular projection at the point of disease will be noted TUBERCULOSIS OF THE SPINE J79 (Fig. 3). If the disease be still lower, the chin is raised and the headis throw
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