Sajous's analytical cyclopædia of practical medicine . t should berenewed in six weeks, the paddingbeing changed once or twice a week,according to the amount of change. Efforts are made to untwist thespine until the deformity is not only without support, and until the twistedbones have become straight, as other-wise the spine will relapse when sup-l)ort is removed. Report of Committee of the Ameri-can Orthopedic Association to in-vestigate the results of tlic treatmentof scoliosis by the newer methods:1. Overcorrection of the deformity isapparently possible I13 means of Ab-botts method in case
Sajous's analytical cyclopædia of practical medicine . t should berenewed in six weeks, the paddingbeing changed once or twice a week,according to the amount of change. Efforts are made to untwist thespine until the deformity is not only without support, and until the twistedbones have become straight, as other-wise the spine will relapse when sup-l)ort is removed. Report of Committee of the Ameri-can Orthopedic Association to in-vestigate the results of tlic treatmentof scoliosis by the newer methods:1. Overcorrection of the deformity isapparently possible I13 means of Ab-botts method in cases of moderateseverity and perhaps occasionally insevere cases. 2. If sufficient overcor-rection is not secured or is not main-tained long enough, partial or com- 282 SPINE, DISEASES AND INJURIES OF (SAYRE). plete relapse usually follows ratherrapidlj. 3. The period of retentionin overcorrection necessary for acure is longer than formerly Abbotts method has apparentlygiven better results in his own handsthan in others. Freiberg, Silver, and. standing, hands on hips, patient endeavors tobulge out the hollow side and simultaneouslyto untwist the rotation. {R. H. Sayre.) Osgood (Trans. Amer. Orthop. As-soc, 1913). Since many cases of scoliosis occurin persons distinctly rachitic or show-ing symptoms of hypothyroidism,thyroid extract was tried, with pro-nounced success. It may be usedalso in other cases, and likewise ex- tracts from other endocrine glands. Properly fitted braces .should be used, and supplemented by exaggerated body flexion over a curved frame and rotary traction. Peckham (Jour. Am. Med. , Oct. 13, 1917). In ordinary cases, where a plaster jacket is necessary, it is most readily applied in the upright position. In applying plaster-of-Paris ban-dages in cases of lateral curvatuyc, ashirt of double length is used, padsare placed inside the shirt over themammae and outside the shirt overthe iliac crests, and a strip of tin twoinches wide is placed nex
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