HYDRORACHITIS.

Spina Bifida.

Hydrorachitis, Sauv. gen. 287. Morgagni de sed. XII. 9. et seq.

Spinola, Lin. 289.

Spina bifida, Vog. 386.

This disease, which consists in a soft tumor on the lumbar vertebrae, attended with a separation of the vertebrae themselves, though generally considered as approaching to the nature of rachitis, is commonly referred to the article Surgery, which may be consulted with regard to this affection.