Excerpt from Lateral Curvature of the Spine and Round Shoulders In preparing a second edition of this book I have found it necessary to rewrite several parts of it in order to keep pace with the progress made in certain aspects of the subject in the last few years. The advance made in our knowledge of the etiology has been notable and the views on treatment have Changed markedly since 1907 when the use of forcible correction was comparatively new. The German studies on the relation of scoliosis to school life have thrown a new light on the matter and a chapter has been added on that subject. I am again indebted to my colleagues for permission to use their material and I have not knowingly used the material of other men without proper acknowledgment. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.