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Identifier: diseasesofinfa00kopl (find matches)
Title: The diseases of infancy and childhood
Year: 1910 (1910s)
Authors: Koplik, Henry, 1858- (from old catalog)
Subjects: Children
Publisher: New York and Philadelphia, Lea & Febiger
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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tient is placed on the examining table face down-ward. The examiner grasps both lower extremities at the ankles(Fig. 5). The palmar surface of the left hand is laid firmly onthe junction of the cervical and dorsal spine. The extremities arenow raised and hyperextended with the right hand. If the spineis supple and normal, it will curve backward as the pelvis is raisedtoward the vertical. If there is deformity due to Potts disease,this will persist, Deformity due to rachitis will disappear underthis manipulation. In hip disease, if the left band is laid on thelumbar region and the above hyperextension gently carried out, first 48 INFANCY AND CHILDHOOD. flexing the legs back at a right angle and then lifting them vertically,a distinct spasm of the muscles is felt (psoas spasm) (Fig. 6).Spinal rigidity is also made apparent by causing the child to pickup some object from the floor. Under conditions of disease thepatient will hold the spine rigid in picking up the object. The hips Fig. 5.
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tZSttyi*^ Method of testing mobility and pliability of the spine. and knees are bent, but not the spine. To test the rigidity at the out-set of a meningitis, the head is raised as the patient lies recumbent.In meningitis the rigidity is such that the whole trunk can be raisedby placing the palm underneath the occiput and gently raising the head. Fig. 6.

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