Rontgenbehandlung von Lumbago

Lumbago, Sciatica, Etc.

The Diagnosis and Treatment of Lumbago

Pain in the small of the back is a complaint which brings many, especially otherwise healthy adult males, to the outpatient room. The exciting cause is apparently in the majority of cases exposure to damp and cold. Three classes of cases may be distinguished?those of rheumatic myalgia, rheumatic neuritis, and renal pain associated with hyperacidity of the urine?and if the differential diagnosis...

Clinical case of the month. A 63-year-old woman with lumbago. Eikenella corrodens.

We present a case of facet joint infection (pyogenic facetitis) due to Eikenella corrodens, diagnosed by physical examination, radiography, positive blood cultures, and response to antibiotic therapy. E. corrodens is a very rare cause of spine infection. There are fewer than 20 such cases reported in the literature, only one of which was diagnosed by non-invasive means, and none of which were i...

Lumbago 1Read before the Bath and Bristol Branch of the British Medical Association, April 26th, 1905.

or quick movement of the muscles affected, at other times first noticed in moving from a position of rest. There is no warning of the first attack, but recurrences may be preceded for a day or two by some stiffness and slight aching of the parts. The pain is felt on any attempted active movement of the lower half of the trunk, especially on rotation or extension; it seems to spread from the spi...

JALDA's Interview with Professor Luise von Flotow

Luise von Flotow is a Professor of Translation Studies at the School of Translation and Interpretation, University of Ottawa, Canada. She got her BA in German and French from the University of London (1974) and her MA in French from the University of Windsor (1985) and her Ph.D. in French from the University of Michigan (1991). Professor von Flotow was the director of the School of Translation ...