A treatise on a modified application of moxa, in the treatment of stiff and contracted joints: and also in chronic rheumatism, rheumatic gout, lumbago, sciatica, indolent tumours ... illustrated by cases and plates, with observations on the different remedies hitherto employed in the treatment of diseased joints; and an investigation into the nature, causes, and treatment of spinal diseases / [J.T. Boyle].

  • Boyle, J. T. (James T.)
Date:
1826
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Credit: A treatise on a modified application of moxa, in the treatment of stiff and contracted joints: and also in chronic rheumatism, rheumatic gout, lumbago, sciatica, indolent tumours ... illustrated by cases and plates, with observations on the different remedies hitherto employed in the treatment of diseased joints; and an investigation into the nature, causes, and treatment of spinal diseases / [J.T. Boyle]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    may be permitted. And such exercises as are com-~ patible with the patient’s strength and state, should now gradually be entered upon. When the patient begins to walk about, mechanical support will fre- quently be found highly serviceable, but the kind must entirely depend upon the termination of the disorder. If the termination be in anchylosis, for example, temporary support may be serviceable, all further improvement being then at an end, at the anchylosed part ; but, if the above change does not take place, much good may be done towards remov- ing curvatures which may have resulted from previous confinement. On some occasions, the steel stays, with elastic sides, will be found to afford much sup- port and service; in others, the spinal machine already spoken of; and, in many, the back-board alone will be essentially useful. In all, however, the choice is of vast consequence, and can only be fairly decided by the peculiarities of cach respective case. : In the treatment of affections of the cervical ver- tebre, many, if not most of the observations which have been offered upon dorsal curvatures, will strictly apply. Here, however, contrary to preceding opi- nions, the inclined plane will be less serviceable than if the lumbar or dorsal vertebra constituted the seat of the disease; and the cause is evident—under the latter circumstances, there is more superincumbent weight pressing on the diseased part than exists in the former, and consequently more frequent and urgent necessity for taking this off by the recumbent