L’Orthopédie ou l’Art de prévenir et de corriger dans les enfans les difformités du corps.

by Nicolas Andry De Boisregard

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Blake, 15 ; Norman, 55 ; Garrison-Morton, 4301 ; Heirs of Hippocrates, 697 ; Waller, I, 418 ; Wellcome, II, 45. Édition originale de l un des premiers ouvrages consacré à l orthopédie préventive pour les enfants. C est dans cet ouvrage qu’Andry utilise pour la première fois le mot Orthopédie créé par lui-même. Reçu avec beaucoup de succès et apprécié par les médecins de son époque, cet ouvrage fut rapidement traduit en anglais (1743) et en allemand (1744). « This pioneering work is among the earliest to deal with the preventive and rehabilitative aspects of orthopedics. It was in this work that Andry coined the term orthopedics from the Greek work orthos (straight) and paidios (child) to express his adherence to the theory that many adolescent and adult deformities originate in childhood. Following a long survey of human anatomy, there are instructions for the breast feeding of infants, directions for handling, dressing, feeding, and exercising children as well as specific treatment for diseases common to young children. Most of the work is concerned with preventing and correcting poor body posture and other defects caused by improper habits during the formative years. Andry Also presents measures to be employed in correcting deformities such as a curvature of the spine, club foot, stooped shoulders, etc. he places great emphasis on prevention and rehabilitation and offers sound advice for correcting not only bodily deformities but also deformities of the teeth and gums, spee

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