A treatise on orthopedic surgery . The plaster jacket applied in supine posture by means of the Metzger-Goldthwait apparatus. holding the arms and the other the thighs; thus, a certainamount of traction is exerted, while the weight of the body tendsto overextend the spine. TUBEBCULOUS DISEASE OF THE SPINE. 91 In this attitude a jacket is quickly applied, and the child isat once replaced upon the frame, which has been protected bv arubber sheet (Fig. 56). The plaster jacket, during the harden- riG. The stretcher frame on which the patient is replaced while the jacket is hardening. Fig. 57.

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