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cured by the application of the inftru- 
ment called a fiot-piece, as defcribed by 
Gy Bb, Gd, e, 10, being the fame as 
1 
5° 
_ defcribed before in fg. 3 and 4; to this 
\ 
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is connected, by means of a joint, a 
-1Ipring, f, g, 4, in fig. 40, to go from the 
ancle to the hip, and faftened by means 
of a bandage, as already defcribed ; be- 
tween the {pring and the leg is placed a 
piece of thin metal, to keep the fpring. 
from chafing the leg, and to form one of 
the refting points, the other whereof is 
formed by the bandage 7, 4, /, m, in fig. 
10, to which the {pring is fixed on the 
hip. If the inftrument is to be placed 
on the infide of the leg, the bandages 
are to be varied accordingly, the effeét 
of which muft ultimately be, that the 
re-aétion of the fprings will at length 
draw the limb to its proper place. 
_ Another diforder to which Mr. SHet- 
DRAKE’s invention will apply, 1s, that 
of a wry neck, whether it proceed from 
contraétion of the mufcles on one fide, or 
lofs of power in them at the oppofite one, 
by adopting a fpring to fupply the de- 
ficiency of aétion, and continuing to 
make ufe thereof until the cure be per- 
formed. 
Incurvation of the fpine, and its many 
evil confequences, is alfo propofed to be 
cured by a fimple propofition here laid 
down ; which is, to produce extenfion 
of the fpine, by fufpending the weight 
of the body from the head; and, again, 
by firmly embracing the head and pel- 
vis, and, by mechanical means, length- 
ening the fpace between them. Either 
of thefe means, Mr. SHELDRAKE oOb- 
ferves, generally has effeét ; but the ad- 
dition of his improved fprings will. ef- 
ficiently affift them, as is fairly evinced 
in fg. 11, which reprefents the difturted 
fpine, with the application of the appa- 
ratus affixed to the head and pelvis. 
Figure 12 reprefents an inftrument 
for curing diftortions of the fpine, in- 
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vented by Mr. SHELDRAKE, foie years 
ago, with new improvements. Fig. 13 
is a back view of a patient witha back- 
fpine ; and fe. 14 reprefents the fpinal 
machine, alfo with aew improvements. 
To pratitioners who may be induced 
to make ufe of thefe inftruments, Mr, 
SHELDRAKE recommends a {mall force 
to be ufed at firft, and afterwards gradu- 
ally increafed, without injury tothe foft 
parts which lie under the inftruments ; 
and, in cafes of deficiency of mufcular 
motion, to ufe more force than the parts 
affeéted would exert if in their naturat 
ftate. 
Having thus given afummary of the 
{pecification, we conclude it will be ac- 
ceptable to our readers to obtain the ace 
count of one caie in which. Mr. SHEL- 
DRAKE's invention has proved fucceff- 
ful. 
A fon of Mr. Wales, No. 40, Mon- 
mouth-ftreet, was born with two dif- 
torted feet, the condition cf which is 
correétly reprefented in the two upper 
figures in plate 4. He was taken tothe 
Weftminfter Difpenfary, in Gerrard. 
fireet, and referred by Mr. Ford to Mr. 
SHELDRAKE. 
By following the mode of treatment 
defcribed in the {pecification, the feet 
were reduced to the form reprefented 
in the lower figures; there was reafon, 
however, to fear that they might re- 
lapfe, unlefs they were ftill kept in ban- 
dages, which were therefore continued 
till he began to walk ; he now goes alone, 
and there is no {ymptoms by whichit can 
appear the difcafe ever exifted. 
The opinion of Mr. Ford was com- 
municated in the following words: 
«¢ Mr. Ford prefents his compliments to Ma. 
Sheldrake, and has had great. fatisfaction. in 
feeing the child of Mr. Wells, who appears to 
him perfectly cured of the diftortion in his feet, 
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