History of the Treatment of Spinal Injuries
History of the Treatment of Spinal Injuries Injury of the spinal cord has been known since antiquity. Treatment consists of preventing complications until the spine has stabilised and the patient can…
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History of the Treatment of Spinal Injuries
Injury of the spinal cord has been known since antiquity. Treatment consists of preventing complications until the spine has stabilised and the patient can be rehabilitated to an independent life. There is no cure for the injury and until modern times patients died rapidly from a combination of pressure sores and urinary tract infection.
It describes how these principles of treatment were recognised and explores the relationship and rivalry of the powerful personalities of the doctors who developed this treatment against the social background at different times. History of the Treatment of Spinal Injuries explores how this treatment developed in the Ancient World, the Middle Ages, in Europe, Great Britain and latterly in the United States.