Apparatus for mechanical corrective therapy

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APPARATUS FOR CONCURRENTLY APPLYING THREE-DIMENSIONAL THERAPEUTIC FRACTION TO THE HUMAN BODY, WHICH COMPRISES: A TABLE FOR STATICALLY SUPPORTING THE TORSO OF A PATIENT IN A SUPINE POSITION THEREON; ADJUSTABLE MEANS ON SAID TABLE FOR INDEPENDENTLY SUPPORTING THE HEAD OF THE PATIENT IN A COMFORTABLE POSITION; ADJUSTABLE MEANS ASSOCIATED WITH SAID HEAD SUPPORT MEANS FOR APPLYING A GENTLE LONGITUDINAL FORCE TO THE HEAD AREA OF THE PATIENT IN A DIRECTION TO APPLY TRACTION TO THE SIGNAL COLUMN OF THE PATIENT; ADJUSTABLE MEANS ON SAID TABLE FOR INDEPENDENTLY SUPPORTING THE LOWER EXTREMITIES OF THE PATIENT IN A COMFORTABLE POSITION; MEANS FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY APPLYING A GENTLE LONGITUDINAL FORCE TO SAID LOWER EXTREMITIES IN A DIRECTION OPPOSITE TO THE DIRECTION OF THE APPLICATION OF THE FORCE APPLIED TO THE HEAD AREA, TO APPLY TRACTION TO THE SPINAL COLUMN IN SAID OPPOSITE DIRECTION; MEANS FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY APPLYING A VERTICAL TRACTION FORCE TO A SELECTED SECTION OF THE SPINAL COLUMN OF THE PATIENT IN A TRAVELING, LONGITUDINALLY RECIPROCAL AND LATERALLY RESTRICTED PATH PARALLEL TO SAID SPINAL COLUMN; MEANS FOR APPLYING A CONTROLLED RHYTHMIC, VIBRATORY BEAT TO SAID VERTICAL TRACTION FORCE; THE ADJUSTABLE MEANS FOR INDEPENDENTLY SUPPORTING THE HEAD OF THE PATIENT COMPRISING A PAIR OF CUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL VERTICAL POSTS ADJUSTABLE AS TO HEIGHT