What kind of malady, deformity, or type of injury (birth or otherwise)
causes a condition in which a person's head is permanently turned
slightly to one side?  That is, if standing in a bodily position to
face you squarely, the person's head would be turned a bit to one side
and the person would not look at you straight on.  To look at you
straight on, he would have to turn his body at an angle to yours.

To save some trouble, this condition is not torticollis.  Torticollis
causes a tilting of the head at an angle and not a turning of the
head.  I am interest in a turning on the axis from crown to spine and
not a tilting on the axis from back of skull to nose.

The answer to the question is the name of the condition, which I can
then look up in order to read about descriptions, causes, and
treatments.

Thank you,
Archae0pteryx

Hi Tryxie

I understand that bones can get displaced and that a Cranial Osteopath
can ease them back into place.

Worth looking into.

Good luck!

Bryan

Thanks, Bryan.  Don't worry, this is not on my current list of medical
problems.  It happens to afflict a character in my story.  I just need
to know a little more about it before I can make mention of it.  The
person I knew who had this condition faded out of my life quite a long
time ago, so I have noplace to start other than research.

(I can certainly try looking under cranial osteopathy.  Thank you.)

Always lovely to hear from you--
Tryx

Hi Tryx,
If that person you knew could not turn his/her head left to right, and
the head was "frozen" in an off-center position, I would assume that
this resulted from an accident  - broken neck that healed in a stiff
position.  I once saw a cow in India whose head was definitely and
permanently very much askew(ed?).

Probably resulting from a riding accident in your story's time, or
maybe  - if male -  he could have fallen from a construction site.

Regards, Myo

Hi Again Tryxie

How about this ...

The character DID go to a person who was posing as a Cranial Osteopath
and the phoney left him with the disability required.

Haha ... The Plot thickens!

You've now got enough material for a Tryxology.

All the Best

Bryan

Hmmm,  there seem to be all sorts of possibilities:
http://www.wrongdiagnosis.com/sym/stiff_neck.htm

Meningitis seems to come up on lots of sites as a cause, but I expect
that it ended fatally rather quickly in medieval times.  An injury is
easier to explain:

http://health.yahoo.com/topic/other/symptoms/article/healthwise/hw97263