“This image from the 1870s shows Dr. Lewis Albert Sayre, a pioneering American orthopedic surgeon, examining a young woman’s spinal curvature.
At a time when medical photography was still new, such images served both scientific and instructional purposes, documenting the evolving field of orthopedic treatment. Sayre’s work on scoliosis and spinal deformities marked a turning point in medicine, shifting care from crude immobilization toward structured physical correction.
The photograph reveals not only an early clinical approach but also the era’s fascination with the human body as a subject of study. Patients, often women and children, became exhibits in the pursuit of progress. Though the apparatus and methods appear primitive today, Sayre’s emphasis on alignment, traction, and posture influenced generations of spinal therapy.
The patient’s vulnerability, juxtaposed with the doctor’s authority, underscores a time when compassion and experimentation coexisted uneasily under the name of science.
Added Fact: Dr. Sayre was one of the founding members of the American Orthopaedic Association in 1887, helping formalize orthopedics as a distinct medical discipline.”
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“Yes, of course you need to be topless my dear, how else could this possibly work?”
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“This image from the 1870s shows Dr. Lewis Albert Sayre, a pioneering American orthopedic surgeon, examining a young woman’s spinal curvature.
At a time when medical photography was still new, such images served both scientific and instructional purposes, documenting the evolving field of orthopedic treatment. Sayre’s work on scoliosis and spinal deformities marked a turning point in medicine, shifting care from crude immobilization toward structured physical correction.
The photograph reveals not only an early clinical approach but also the era’s fascination with the human body as a subject of study. Patients, often women and children, became exhibits in the pursuit of progress. Though the apparatus and methods appear primitive today, Sayre’s emphasis on alignment, traction, and posture influenced generations of spinal therapy.
The patient’s vulnerability, juxtaposed with the doctor’s authority, underscores a time when compassion and experimentation coexisted uneasily under the name of science.
Added Fact: Dr. Sayre was one of the founding members of the American Orthopaedic Association in 1887, helping formalize orthopedics as a distinct medical discipline.”
From historyfeels on IG.
“Yes, of course you need to be topless my dear, how else could this possibly work?”
“My spine is back there, Doctor”
Yeah. . . Hmmm. . . .quite. . . the curvature. . . certainly
Dr. Satyre. Checking the “curvatures.”
I can fix her.
“According to your nipples, it appears you have a curved spine”
Help step doctor, I’m stuck
Old time doctors and sexual predators seem to have a lot in common.
Those back dimples 🤌
Dr. Lewis checking spines……….
“Yes, yes. Now give the scoliosis a good shake.”
“He’s a good man… …and thorough”.
I think he checking more than just curvature
My doctor just make me bend over when he was confirming my scoliosis. I guess things don’t change all that much.
Not interesting. They did that to all the girls in gym class with our tops off in 6th grade. 1980. I still can’t shake that image
Hold on, he is onto something here.
I can only imagine how much abuse happened then when people were even more trusting of drs and they did this kind of thing.
“As you can see, this is a perfect example of a great pair of scoliotits”.
>Now that the [spine] is in [alignment], Doctor, perhaps you can help me with my sexual inhibitions.
https://preview.redd.it/ks9jygdx84uf1.jpeg?width=320&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bcbf1d1613271d4e671148c764ae761e22ebf80e
That spine may be curvy but so are them hips…hooooowaaaah!
All dicks aside, this would fix me.
“Quite a perky spine you have”
BS he checks them tities
He’s checking curvature, alright.
You know, I’m something of a scoliosis treatment provider myself.
*Sigh* opens comments
He is definitely checking the curvature of something.
He’s not even pretending to look at her back
My my my, the curves
“treating scoliosis”
This comment section is a perfect display of rape culture and how lost men are in their dislike of consent and porn addiction.
Oh he’s checking the curvature alright
Spines in the back, bub
Bet those first couple cranks felt amazing
“Might as well cure your hysteria while we are at it.”
He’s definitely not looking at her spine.