. Orthopaedic surgery for students and general practitioners : preliminary considerations and diseases of the spine : 114 original illustrations. ent. The acute stage is best treated by recum-bency, massage and the cautery, followed by strapping ofthe back with intersecting strips of adhesive plaster. Thebelladonna plaster used so frequently by the laity mayafford this supporting treatment, as well as having its an-aesthetic effect on the pain. Some light form of steel brace or plaster jacket may benecessary. For a pendulous abdomen, an abdominal sup-porting bandage and perineal straps put on
. Orthopaedic surgery for students and general practitioners : preliminary considerations and diseases of the spine : 114 original illustrations. ent. The acute stage is best treated by recum-bency, massage and the cautery, followed by strapping ofthe back with intersecting strips of adhesive plaster. Thebelladonna plaster used so frequently by the laity mayafford this supporting treatment, as well as having its an-aesthetic effect on the pain. Some light form of steel brace or plaster jacket may benecessary. For a pendulous abdomen, an abdominal sup-porting bandage and perineal straps put on in recumbency,with the pelvis raised, is essential in the atonic with a ten-dency to enteroptosis, but should be supplemented withleg and body raising exercises and massage to prevent fur-ther muscular atrophy. 164 ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY. 13. Spondylolisthesis. This is a condition first described by Killian in 1854 andmore thoroughly investigated by Neugebauer in 1890, inwhich one of the bodies of the lumbar vertebrae, usually thefourth or fifth, slip forward and downward, making thebrim of the pelvis narrower antero-posteriorly than it should. Fig. 75. One Cause of Kyphosis, Lying Down in Chairs. be normally. It is therefore chiefly important from anobstetrical standpoint. Lordosis is increased, but the spin-ous processes are not depressed, as one would suppose, butthe laminae seem stretched, elongated or separated. It may NON-TUBERCULOUS DISEASES OF THE SPINE. 165 be due to disease, injury or congenital malformation. Thepain if present is best relieved by a plaster jacket or brace.^ 14. Antero-posterior Curvatures of the Spine. Under these we have the long curves involving the wholespine in the kyphosis seen in infancy (when the baby cannot
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