A treatise on orthopedic surgery . The Taylor back brace. (H. L. Taylor.) The Taylor chest piece. Two tri-angular pads of hard rubber connectedDy a bar. 94 ORTHOPEDIC SUBGEBY. interval of from one and a quarter to one and three-quarterinches from one another, so that the spinous processes may passbetween them, while pressure is made on the lateral masses ofthe vertehrse. The uprights are made of varying strength, ac-cording to the age of the patient, usually about one-half an inchin width (of gauge 8 to 12) and of such quality of steel that,although unyielding to the strain of use, it may be r


A treatise on orthopedic surgery . The Taylor back brace. (H. L. Taylor.) The Taylor chest piece. Two tri-angular pads of hard rubber connectedDy a bar. 94 ORTHOPEDIC SUBGEBY. interval of from one and a quarter to one and three-quarterinches from one another, so that the spinous processes may passbetween them, while pressure is made on the lateral masses ofthe vertehrse. The uprights are made of varying strength, ac-cording to the age of the patient, usually about one-half an inchin width (of gauge 8 to 12) and of such quality of steel that,although unyielding to the strain of use, it may be readily bentby wrenches, and thus accurately adjusted to the back. The up- FiG. 60. Fig. 61.


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