Common Sense on Chronic Diseases; Or, a Rational Treatise on the Mechanical Cause and Cure of Most Chronic Affections of the Truncal Organs of Both ... Education, and the Present Popular System - Softcover
Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1848. Excerpt: ... will necessarily produce a general and ruinous disarrangement or breach of the proper relations between the organs within, from the lower to the upper. Ninthly, That the proper treatment of diseases originating from the above causes consists in the mechanical replacement of the organs in their proper relations, and in attending to such things as will subsequently enable the organs to retaiu themselves in this position, by their own inherent power. CHAPTER VIII. SPINAL AFFECTIONS. Spinal Affections.--We have heretofore confined our remancs principally to the truncal organs, showing what was their place and action, and what sustained them in this place and action. We now proceed to speak of what retains man in the erect posture, and of the importance of preserving that posture. In Figure 5 we have a side view of the healthy, proper and philosophical position of the human trunk. Observe its form, see how hollow the small of the back, and how its front part juts into the abdomen; then notice how the bone slides back like an inclined plane, until it projects back/ar behind the small of the back, and then slants forward some, so that the head is set about in the axis of the body; but, if anything, its gravity is thrown in the rear of the axis, or small of the back, when the head is carried upright, as it should be. By this time you will have seen that the small of the back is the pivot of motion, and that its centre is the truncal base or axis of the body. When we take this view of the subject, we see a wise provision in nature for man; for although the back be curved, yet these curvatures come in to aid in the formation and preservation of the erect posture. The bend in the lower portion of the back throws the abdomen forward, out of the axis of the body; but ...
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