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XI. CONDITIONS INVOLVING THE LOWER PART OF THE BACK

R. BEVERLY RANEY, M.D.

Arch Surg. 1949;58(3):352-372.

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Introduction.

—In 1947 a discussion of ruptured intervertebral disks and sciatic pain was prefaced by Barr⁴¹⁴ with the following introduction: "As students of the defects and diseases of the human frame, we are daily reminded that the truth is hard to come by, and that our knowledge of any medical subject is incomplete, defective, and capable of continually being increased." I know of no statement which might be applied more pertinently to the 1946 literature on conditions involving the lower part of the back. Although these writings were voluminous, few original concepts or technics were introduced and little unanimity concerning pathogenesis or treatment was apparent. Accordingly, and for the sake of brevity, many articles have simply been cited in this review, while most of the more significant contributions have been briefly abstracted. References to several foreign articles published prior to 1946 but not previously available for abstracting have been . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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DURHAM, N. C.

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