The medical age : a semi-monthly journal of medicine and surgery . den loss of resistance. The ignipuncture has a therapeutic as well asa diagnostic value. The treatment is constitutional, mechanical, and operative, the lastbeing of special benefit when the bones of the extremities are is little opportunity for operative interference when the bodiesof the vertebrae are invaded, excepting that of aspirating or freeing anabscess cavity of its contents. To receive benefit from the constitu- ORIGINAL: McLEAN 525 tional and mechanical treatment, an early diagnosis is of the greatesti
The medical age : a semi-monthly journal of medicine and surgery . den loss of resistance. The ignipuncture has a therapeutic as well asa diagnostic value. The treatment is constitutional, mechanical, and operative, the lastbeing of special benefit when the bones of the extremities are is little opportunity for operative interference when the bodiesof the vertebrae are invaded, excepting that of aspirating or freeing anabscess cavity of its contents. To receive benefit from the constitu- ORIGINAL: McLEAN 525 tional and mechanical treatment, an early diagnosis is of the greatestimportance. It is much easier to prevent a spinal curvature or deform-ity than it is to relieve one after it has taken place. A plaster-of-Parisjacket, a brace, or splint applied so as to support the spine and keepit at rest, the administration of constitutional remedies, with goodhygienic surroundings, persisted in for two or three years, will termi-nate many cases favorably. Under this regime disintegration may be arrested and an osteo-sclerotic wall formed aro
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