Spinal disease and spinal curvature : their treatment by suspension and the use of the plaster of Paris bandage . the spirometer,18 cubic inches. The improvement in her figure is seen inPhotograph TV. fig. 2, by ONeil on the following day. April 1.—Has practised self-suspension twice daily, and somuch improved as to require a new jacket, the curve in theangles of the ribs quite perceptibly changed, and the back muchstraighter. Says she feels stronger, and can work all day with-out fatigue. The notes of the fo^ >ing case of lateral curvatuie furnished me b^ Mr. W. E. Balkwill, S


Spinal disease and spinal curvature : their treatment by suspension and the use of the plaster of Paris bandage . the spirometer,18 cubic inches. The improvement in her figure is seen inPhotograph TV. fig. 2, by ONeil on the following day. April 1.—Has practised self-suspension twice daily, and somuch improved as to require a new jacket, the curve in theangles of the ribs quite perceptibly changed, and the back muchstraighter. Says she feels stronger, and can work all day with-out fatigue. The notes of the fo^ >ing case of lateral curvatuie furnished me b^ Mr. W. E. Balkwill, Surgeon to theKoyal Orthopaedic Hospital, London :— Case YIIL— Jessie Brown, of Glasgow, aged 20, a fairlynourished and tall woman, has been troubled with lateralcurvature of the spine for some years, and for which she hasworn the usual spinal supporter. She came under Dr. Sayres notice at the Royal OrthopaedicHospital about the middle of July. On examination there wasfound a considerable right-dorsal curve, and another in thelumbar region—an ordinary case of lateral curvature (videPlate III. fig. 1)..


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