THE CAUSES AND TREATMENT OF CHRONIC BACKACHE

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Abstract
That chronic backache, or chronic lameness in the back, is a frequent occurrence is a matter of common information to the medical profession, to the laity and to the manufacturers of patent medicines. The laity, as a rule, attributes such backache to "kidney disease" in men, and to that or to uterine disease in women. The writings of the medical profession on the subject have not led to a clearing up of the matter, and many confusing statements are to be found. The more common of the various names given to this symptom-group are a sufficient comment on the situation. They are as follows: neurasthenic spine, hysteric or irritable or railroad spine, chronic lumbago, uterine backache, static backache, relaxation of the sacro-iliac joint, sacro-iliac strain, rheumatism of the spine, chronic back-strain, etc. It seems permissible, therefore, to make an attempt to present what facts are obtainable bearing on the etiology

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