A treatise on orthopedic surgery . The Taylor back brace. (H. L. Taylor.) The Taylor chest piece. Two tri-angular pads of hard rubber connectedDy a bar. 94 ORTHOPEDIC SUBGEBY. interval of from one and a quarter to one and three-quarterinches from one another, so that the spinous processes may passbetween them, while pressure is made on the lateral masses ofthe vertehrse. The uprights are made of varying strength, ac-cording to the age of the patient, usually about one-half an inchin width (of gauge 8 to 12) and of such quality of steel that,although unyielding to the strain of use, it may be r
A treatise on orthopedic surgery . The Taylor back brace. (H. L. Taylor.) The Taylor chest piece. Two tri-angular pads of hard rubber connectedDy a bar. 94 ORTHOPEDIC SUBGEBY. interval of from one and a quarter to one and three-quarterinches from one another, so that the spinous processes may passbetween them, while pressure is made on the lateral masses ofthe vertehrse. The uprights are made of varying strength, ac-cording to the age of the patient, usually about one-half an inchin width (of gauge 8 to 12) and of such quality of steel that,although unyielding to the strain of use, it may be readily bentby wrenches, and thus accurately adjusted to the back. The up- FiG. 60. Fig. /m^.-% Backward traction on the shoulder fixesthe upper dorsal region. The anterior shoulder brace and itsattachment. rights reach to the root of the neck, or to about the level of thesecond dorsal vertebra; from this point two short arms of metalproject forward and outward on either side of the neck, reachingto about the middle of the clavicles. To these, padded shoulderstraps are attached, which pass through the axillae to a crossbaron the back brace; thus downward pressure on the shoulders isavoided and increased leverage is assured (Fig. 62). Opposite the area of disease two strips of thin steel aboutthree inches in length are fixed ; these are slightly wider than theuprights and are perforated for the attachment of the pressure f ^ TUBERCULOUS DISEASE OF TEE SPINE. 95 pads, which may be made of layers of canton flannel or felt, orunyielding material, such as leather or hard rubber, may be usedinstead. The pads should project from a quarter to a half-inchin front of the uprights i
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