The international encyclopaedia of surgery; a systematic treatise on the theory and practice of surgery . The objectionsto most of these appliances are the follo^^?ing: They are heavy and oftenirksome, possess but little adaptability, and must be changed or altered asthe child increases in age. The expense would forbid their use—even if con-sidered desirable—to any extent in hosi)itals. For the most part they taketheir lower point of support from the pelvis; but the pelvis of a child is sosmall comparatively, that this basis is often delusive, and it is, moreover,unstable. Tlie result is that
The international encyclopaedia of surgery; a systematic treatise on the theory and practice of surgery . The objectionsto most of these appliances are the follo^^?ing: They are heavy and oftenirksome, possess but little adaptability, and must be changed or altered asthe child increases in age. The expense would forbid their use—even if con-sidered desirable—to any extent in hosi)itals. For the most part they taketheir lower point of support from the pelvis; but the pelvis of a child is sosmall comparatively, that this basis is often delusive, and it is, moreover,unstable. Tlie result is that few of these instruments are of any use, audthat a large number do i)Ositive harm. Tlie least objectionable form of in-strument is that where the lower support is taken from a broad, rigid band,well moulded to the hips and pelvis. The body and si)inal column above theseat of disease are supported by crutch bars that pass from this band to the Lancet, Feb. 1S7S. * Truatinciit of Spinal Caries in Childhood. British Medical Journal, vol. ii. p. 769. 1881. POTT S DISEASE OF THE SPINE. 949 Fig. Taylors apparatns for the treatment of Potts disease of the spine. axillje, and that can be lengt]icne<l or shortened at pleasure. The bet^t ex-amples, however, are somewhat cumbrous. [A better form of a[)[)ai-atus than that described by the author is such asis shown in Fig. R12, the principal supjiort being given by iron uprights oneither side of the vertel)ral column. The cutillustrates the spinal brace devised by Dr. C. , of Xew York, which, witli variousmodifications, is extensively employed in thiscountry.] (3) The use of rigid Jackets loith or without Sus-pension.—By the introduction of his now well-known jacket, Professor Sayre has causedalmost a revolution in the treatment of Pottsdisease of the spine. When first introduced, thisplan of treatment was very widely, blindly, andenthusiastically adopted, and was regarded bysome as a panacea for all deformities of th
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