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Robert A. Beatty, MD
University of Illinois College of Medicine Chicago

JAMA. 1970;211(5):829.

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To the Editor.—

A patient with a fractured odontoid process recently under my care illustrates a danger of automobile head rests which I have long suspected. At the time the car was struck from behind, the head rest was in the "down" position. It apparently acted as a fulcrum at the craniovertebral junction causing a fracture at this level rather than the usual lower level. Although head rests have been a great contribution to automobile safety, they are not completely protective as this case illustrates. The public should be alerted to this danger. . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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