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HIROPRACTOR
W H AT IS A LESION ?
The word lesion has been one of the most difficult for students
under my personal instructions to comprehend. Dictionaries
are not definite in defining the meaning of this word so much in
use by medical writers, more especially osteopaths. I presume
that there are many of the Adjuster class who do not compre
hend its full meaning.
A hurt, wound, injury or morbid structural change which
causes functional derangement is a lesion. A hurt, wound or
injury that does not cause functional derangement is not a lesion
—is not the cause o f anything. A lesion must be a cause pro
ducer o f some derangement.
Webster says o f lesion:—A hurt; an injury. Any morbid
change in the exercise of functions or the texture of organs.
Dunglison:—Derangement, disorder; morbid change, either
in exercise of functions or in the texture o f organs.
A rusty nail entering the foot may cause tetanus, lockjaw.
I f the nail was free of rust, the wound would not be a lesion.
The rust (poison) is the lesion, the cause o f the lockjaw.
The word lesion is frequently used by osteopaths. E. H.
Laughlin, in his quiz, makes common use of it. The following
quotations, out of many, show the meaning he attaches to it.
What may lesions of the upper dorsals cause?
What are the most common lesions? Ans., Rib lesions?
How may lesions in the lower dorsal or lumbar cause cholera
morbus ?
What may a lesion to the fourth sacral nerve cause?
What may lesions in the dorsal and upper lumbar regions
cause? _
How may a cervical lesion cause diabetes ?
Where look for bony lesions causing diphtheria?
How might the sfinal and rib lesions produce enteroptosis ?
What are the most common lesions found in erysipelas? Ans.,
Bony lesions along the cervical region and lesions of the first
ribs and clavicle.
How may a cervical lesion cause erysipelas?
How may lesions of the clavicle, first rib, or anterior cervical
tissue cause goitre? _
How may a lesion of the atlas cause insanity ?
What kind o f lesions are usually present? Ans., Bony.
How may splanchnic, rib and renal lesions cause insanity ?
How may a lesion of a cervical vertebra cause insomnia ?
What are the most common bony lesions found in neuralgia?
Ans., Vertebral.
Vertebral displacement is a morbid change in texture and
causes a modification in the exercise of functions. I f the reader
W H AT IS A LESION ?
The word lesion has been one of the most difficult for students
under my personal instructions to comprehend. Dictionaries
are not definite in defining the meaning of this word so much in
use by medical writers, more especially osteopaths. I presume
that there are many of the Adjuster class who do not compre
hend its full meaning.
A hurt, wound, injury or morbid structural change which
causes functional derangement is a lesion. A hurt, wound or
injury that does not cause functional derangement is not a lesion
—is not the cause o f anything. A lesion must be a cause pro
ducer o f some derangement.
Webster says o f lesion:—A hurt; an injury. Any morbid
change in the exercise of functions or the texture of organs.
Dunglison:—Derangement, disorder; morbid change, either
in exercise of functions or in the texture o f organs.
A rusty nail entering the foot may cause tetanus, lockjaw.
I f the nail was free of rust, the wound would not be a lesion.
The rust (poison) is the lesion, the cause o f the lockjaw.
The word lesion is frequently used by osteopaths. E. H.
Laughlin, in his quiz, makes common use of it. The following
quotations, out of many, show the meaning he attaches to it.
What may lesions of the upper dorsals cause?
What are the most common lesions? Ans., Rib lesions?
How may lesions in the lower dorsal or lumbar cause cholera
morbus ?
What may a lesion to the fourth sacral nerve cause?
What may lesions in the dorsal and upper lumbar regions
cause? _
How may a cervical lesion cause diabetes ?
Where look for bony lesions causing diphtheria?
How might the sfinal and rib lesions produce enteroptosis ?
What are the most common lesions found in erysipelas? Ans.,
Bony lesions along the cervical region and lesions of the first
ribs and clavicle.
How may a cervical lesion cause erysipelas?
How may lesions of the clavicle, first rib, or anterior cervical
tissue cause goitre? _
How may a lesion of the atlas cause insanity ?
What kind o f lesions are usually present? Ans., Bony.
How may splanchnic, rib and renal lesions cause insanity ?
How may a lesion of a cervical vertebra cause insomnia ?
What are the most common bony lesions found in neuralgia?
Ans., Vertebral.
Vertebral displacement is a morbid change in texture and
causes a modification in the exercise of functions. I f the reader
