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...reports which have appeared in several of the papers in regard to the injuries of Jesse Dann, '88, S, Yale's great catcher, are partly true. He is suffering from a double curvature of the spine, and although not confined to his bed, can only take moderate exercise, and will be obliged to wear a heavy leather jacket for a year, at the end of which time his physicians hope he will have entirely recovered. He has been obliged to give up ball playing entirely...
...Bacon, M. S., read an essay on "Curvature of the Spine" at the meeting of the Medical Society yesterday afternoon...
...trifle inconsistent in themselves, the waist being relatively greater in circumference than the elbows. The falling off in the depth of the chest is marked, dropping, as it does, from the 80 per cent. to the 5 per cent. class. It is attributable to an inward curve of the spine, between the shoulder blades, and a depression of the lower part of the sternum, or breast bone. There has been considerable compensation, as evidenced by the size of the chest and the lateral prominence of the ribs, but it will be observed that the breathing capacity, although higher than...
...gymnasium, I own a locker which is right by the door by which men enter the dressing rooms. Every time a man goes out or comes in, (and they average two a minute,) that wretched door fans a great cold drought of air down my spine and gets my teeth chattering as if I had the ague. Could not the authorities hang a thick curtain over the end of the little passage-way in front of the door so as to break this draught? It might impede hasty ingress and exit, but it would be a wise precaution against severe...
...Fredriksen, last August, while taking a trip to Plymouth on board the Stamford, was severely injured in the collision of the boat with another steamer. Her spine was seriously affected, and for two months, she was utterly helpless, and she is now a delicate invalid with no immediate, if even a distant prospect of being able to earn her living, and support her children...