Hump
Historical document, translated for reference. It reflects medical knowledge of the 1920s–30s and is not medical advice.
Summary
This article from the 1928–1936 Great Medical Encyclopedia discusses the medical condition of the spinal hump (gibbus), noting its association with Pott's disease, tuberculosis, rickets, and other spinal disorders.
Encyclopedia entry (1928–1936)
HUMP (gibbus) is a manifestation of a whole range of diseases and injuries of the spine. Mentions of the hump can already be found in Hippocrates in connection with the disease which, since the detailed description by Pott (1779), became known as malum Potti. The hump arises both in tuberculosis and in other inflammatory and non-inflammatory diseases of the spine. Most frequently, the hump is encountered in tuberculous spondylitis (see Spondylitis and Rickets). Cardiac hump, see Heart defects.
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“Hump.” Soviet Medical Encyclopedia. English translation of Bolshaya Meditsinskaya Entsiklopediya, 1st ed. (Moscow, 1928–1936), ed. N. A. Semashko. https://sovietmedicalencyclopedia.pages.dev/article/hump/