Spinal disease and spinal curvature : their treatment by suspension and the use of the plaster of Paris bandage . head rest under his chin increased the pain so much in his backthat he was compelled to remove it. The photograph without the instrument (see engraving,fig. 47) gives him almost, if not qnite, as good position as theone with it, and he says he feels more comfortable without it. He was suspended by the head and the axillae, and theplaster jacket applied, on March 22, 1877, and in two hoursfrom that time walked, without even a cane, to his hotel, andleft for his home in Indiana the s
Spinal disease and spinal curvature : their treatment by suspension and the use of the plaster of Paris bandage . head rest under his chin increased the pain so much in his backthat he was compelled to remove it. The photograph without the instrument (see engraving,fig. 47) gives him almost, if not qnite, as good position as theone with it, and he says he feels more comfortable without it. He was suspended by the head and the axillae, and theplaster jacket applied, on March 22, 1877, and in two hoursfrom that time walked, without even a cane, to his hotel, andleft for his home in Indiana the same evenino-. 7() potts disease. His Leight was increased a little over 1 incL, and he waspeifectly free from pain. He sent me the photograph, from which fig. 48 has beenengraved, April 25, 1877, and in his letter states that he hasentered college, can do a full days work with the other students, Fig. is perfectly free from pain, and can walk two or thi-ee mileswithout the slightest fatigue. The following case, from another physician, affords con-clusive evidence that these patients can he treated at home byany competent medical man, if he will only follow the instruc-tions given, with just as good results as I have obtained, andwithout the expense and trouble of sending the poor suffererslong distances to some particular specialist, instrument-maker. I TEEATMENT OF CASES. 77 or institution devoted especially to the treatment of this andkindred deformities. Massillon, Ohio, January 22, 1877. Dr. L. A. Sayre : Dear Sir,—Last spring I wrote to you asking for infor-mation how to treat a case of Potts disease, the result of aninjury. Your son was kind enough to write me the desired in-formation, and I now send you the accompanying photographsto show the result of the treatment. Fm. 50. Case XXY.— A little gii-1 nine years of age, with Pottsdisease of two years standing, the result
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