. The surgical treatment of the common deformities of children . 1.).— Sayres jury-xnasl. from which hang straps to support the head from thechin and occiput. The mast is forked below, so as not to pressupon the vertebral spines, and has attached to it thinstrips of tinned iron, with pierced rough holes ;these go round the body and are worked into theplaster jacket. In fitting the mast, the iron bar should first bebent to the right shape, and then tempered. Thisshape must be ascertained by placing a strip offlexible metal (a piece of gas-piping flattened doeswell) along the spine, and laying o
. The surgical treatment of the common deformities of children . 1.).— Sayres jury-xnasl. from which hang straps to support the head from thechin and occiput. The mast is forked below, so as not to pressupon the vertebral spines, and has attached to it thinstrips of tinned iron, with pierced rough holes ;these go round the body and are worked into theplaster jacket. In fitting the mast, the iron bar should first bebent to the right shape, and then tempered. Thisshape must be ascertained by placing a strip offlexible metal (a piece of gas-piping flattened doeswell) along the spine, and laying off the curve thusobtained upon a sheet of paper. The jacket may be put on with or without sus-pension, as may seem best, but if the tripod beused, the greatest possible care must be taken notto put much strain on the vertebrae of the neck. 58 < HILDRENS DEFORMITIES. The plaster jacket must be as light as will serveto fix the mast, which, with the cross strips, isimbedded in its substance, having layers of plasterboth above and beneath the iron (Fig. 16).. >—MP Fig. 16.—SayTes jury-mast applied. As soon as the jacket is set, the straps may beadjusted, and the length so fixed that the bar is wellclear of the head, when the latter is supported tothe extent which gives greatest relief. This heightwill have to be altered from time to time. This appa-ratus would be found almost insupportable by peoplein health, yet it does undoubtedly afford great reliefits drawbacks. in suitable cases of cervical caries. The objections toit, arising from its clumsiness and irksomeness, andespecially the difficulty of managing the lying-downposition, are however very weighty, and it isprobable that this plan, a little while ago solargely adopted, will soon be generally abandonedin favour of simpler methods. SPECIAL FORMS OF SPINAL CARIES. 59 One of these is that described and advocated by -?•??n,, >-, collar, br< asl Mr. Owen, and which is in use in the Great andbackpiabOrmond Str
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