Spinal disease and spinal curvature : their treatment by suspension and the use of the plaster of Paris bandage . ratus, whichgave very little relief. This was worn for six months ; but theposterior deformity continued to increase, and his breast bone became more prominent. The father noticed about ten dayssince that he had great difficulty in walking, and for the pastthree days could not walk at all, or stand without he attenipted to stand he had a very short, gi-unting le-spiiation, and very marked convergent strabismus of both eyes. I suspended him and apjDlied a plaster of Par
Spinal disease and spinal curvature : their treatment by suspension and the use of the plaster of Paris bandage . ratus, whichgave very little relief. This was worn for six months ; but theposterior deformity continued to increase, and his breast bone became more prominent. The father noticed about ten dayssince that he had great difficulty in walking, and for the pastthree days could not walk at all, or stand without he attenipted to stand he had a very short, gi-unting le-spiiation, and very marked convergent strabismus of both eyes. I suspended him and apjDlied a plaster of Paris jacket onOctober 28, 1876, and in half an hour after, when the plaster I TEEATMENT OF CASES. 71 became set, he could stand without assistance. The nextday the father stated that he had slept better than he haddone for two years, and had eaten a better breakfast thanhe had known him to eat since he was hurt. He could walkwithout assistance, could poise himself on either leg bysimply steadying himself with one hand on a chaii% and couldraise the other limb so as to put his foot in a chair. He still Fig. carried his head forward in a constrained position, had apeculiar catch in liis respiration, and the convergent strabismuscontinued. I placed my hands under his chin and occii3ut, and liftinghis head very slightly, the strabismus immediately disappeared,and he exclaimed, Thats what I want. As soon as I releasedmy support, the strabismus returned. 72 POTTS DISEASE. I sent him to Mr. Eeynders, 309 Fourth Avenue, to he mea-sured for an outside su^Dport, or jmy-mast, such as I havedescribed, to he applied over the plaster jacket. On November 8, before a large party of physicians andstudents in the amphitheatre of Bellevue Hospital, I appliedthis outside support for head suspension, as seen in figs. 44 and45; and, as soon as the plaster was set and the head properly Fig. 45.
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