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Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, 1932;14:267-272.
© 1932 by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc

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An Anatomical Consideration

THEODORE A. WILLIS A.M., M.D.1

1 St. Luke's Hospital and the Anatomical Laboratory, Western Reserve University

The human back is particularly subject to aches of muscle, joint, and ligamentous origin because of its complicated structure, its adoption of the upright posture, and because of frequent defects of development in the lumbosacral area, some of which are serious mechanical faults.


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