Manual of instructions for military surgeons on the examination of recruits and discharge of soldiers : with an appendix, containing the official regulations of the Provost-Marshal General's Bureau, and those for the formation of the invalid corps, etc., etc. / prepared at the request of the United States Sanitary Commission by John Ordronaux.

  • Ordronaux, John, 1830-1908.
Date:
1863
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    MANUAL OP IXSTttlVTloXS An attempt to feign goitre hy the introduction of air into the cellular tissue would have do chance of success. But this disease, when slight and incipient, may be concealed. On which account, the thyroid region should always be closely scrutinized, and whenever the goitrous tumor is perceived, whatever may be its size, the party should be rejected. Torticollis. § 22S. The inclination of the head towards one shoul- der, with deviation of the face towards the opposite side, constitutes torticollis, or wry neck. This disease may arise from a variety of causes, viz. : 1st. It may be congenital, or may have supervened in early childhood, as a result of nervous disorders. 2d. Bridled cicatrices may cause it. 3d. It sometimes arises from contractions or acci- dental paralyses of the sterno-mastoid muscles; or, 4th. It arises from certain spasmodic affections of the muscular system, such as nervous contractions. Torticollis may originate in either the cutaneous, fibrous, muscular, and tendinous tissue, or in the cervi- cal vertebrae. First form.—When the inclination of the head is congenital, it is always accompanied by a modification in the bony structure of the face, the skull, and the neck. If the disease dates from childhood, this modifi- cation instead of being contemporaneous with, or a cause of, the inclination, is consecutive to it, and pro- gressively increased by the growth of the subject. This form of torticollis constitutes an absolute disqualification. One of the constant and most striking effects of this deformity, is the inequality produced in the two sides of the face—on the one hand from atrophy of the side