RT Journal
T1 DIseases and deformities of the spine and thorax.
JF American Journal of Diseases of Children
JO American Journal of Diseases of Children
YR 1929
FD August 1
VO 38
IS 2
SP 445
OP 446
DO 10.1001/archpedi.1929.01930080221020
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archpedi.1929.01930080221020
AB The development of the topic, dealing broadly with basic, theoretical considerations and experimental evidence has caused this book to be different from the usual plan of books for a similar purpose.An attempt is made to develop orthopedic judgment, so as to apply the proper decision to a given problem.The seventy-six plates are evenly distributed throughout the text, and each plate is made up of a group of photographs, x-ray prints and diagrams illustrative of the adjacent subject matter of the text.At the end of each chapter there is a résumé and a comprehensive bibliography. Chapter 1 deals with the congenital deformities, which are determined in a coherent and systematic manner by powerful early developmental nature.The static constitutional anteroposterior deformities of the spine are dependent on a proper relationship between the spine, the thorax and the abdominal cavity. Any change in one of the systems must be