Excerpt from Orthopaedics in Medical PracticeWith well-marked curvatures of the spinal column alterations of the most serious kind may result in the lungs, which are mechanically hindered by the con sequent Changes in their form and position, while serious lesions of the lung tissue may result or be induced. These alterations in form and position of the lungs, in common with usually all the thoracic organs, are the natural consequences of the Often excessive distortions of the trunk. The trunk under goes in severe skoliosis not only a considerable shortening in the vertical direction and a complete deformation in the other directions, but is also altered as a whole in that it is displaced laterally while its whole structure is twisted. The lungs, being plastic, must accordingly adapt themselves, both in position and shape, to the thoracic walls enclosing them, and so may assume most curious conformations.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.