Chicago medical journal and examiner . ^ suc-cessfully employed in the PennsylvaniaHospital, in Philadelphia, and the mannerof making it, may be described as follows •An accurate mould of the trunk is takenby means of the plaster jacket, the patientof course being suspended ; before becom-ing entirely set the jacket is cut open infront, in the middle line. Into the mouldthus obtained a quantity of mixed plasteris poured, and this on hardening presentsa perfect cast of the suspended body. A plate 260 Meagher, Ergot in Treatment of Pneumonia. [March, piece of thick, half tanned leather, tho
Chicago medical journal and examiner . ^ suc-cessfully employed in the PennsylvaniaHospital, in Philadelphia, and the mannerof making it, may be described as follows •An accurate mould of the trunk is takenby means of the plaster jacket, the patientof course being suspended ; before becom-ing entirely set the jacket is cut open infront, in the middle line. Into the mouldthus obtained a quantity of mixed plasteris poured, and this on hardening presentsa perfect cast of the suspended body. A plate 260 Meagher, Ergot in Treatment of Pneumonia. [March, piece of thick, half tanned leather, thoroughly saturated, is nowapplied to the cast thus obtained, and having been accuratelymolded into position, is allowed to dry. Upon examination afterdrying, the cast is found to be so accurate that even the intercos-tal and intermuscular spaces are clearly shown in the dried jacket is now lined with fine chamois skin, cushionedat the axillary edges, and fenestras cut in it, thus providing forventilation, which the plaster jacket, with all its advantages, doesnot possess. Eyelets and lacing cords are now fitted in front,and the apparatus is complete. If desirable, the apparatus maybe removed at night, the mattress then acting as the spinal sup-port. To this apparatus Dr. Sayres jury-mast may beadded; this supports the head in an erect position, and the spineis relieved of superincumbent weight by a rod reaching above theback of the head, and from which supporting bands extendbeneat
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