. Orthopaedic surgery for students and general practitioners : preliminary considerations and diseases of the spine : 114 original illustrations. e front of the pelvic band at a point diagonally oppo-site the posterior upright, an anterior upright and pressureplate was similarly adjusted to afford counter-pressureagainst the projecting ribs. An axillary crutch attached tothe pelvic band was sometimes found useful to support thelow shoulder. This brace will be found useful in largerchildren in flexible and partially flexible curvatures in con-junction with gymnastic treatment.^^ (Fig. 106.) THE
. Orthopaedic surgery for students and general practitioners : preliminary considerations and diseases of the spine : 114 original illustrations. e front of the pelvic band at a point diagonally oppo-site the posterior upright, an anterior upright and pressureplate was similarly adjusted to afford counter-pressureagainst the projecting ribs. An axillary crutch attached tothe pelvic band was sometimes found useful to support thelow shoulder. This brace will be found useful in largerchildren in flexible and partially flexible curvatures in con-junction with gymnastic treatment.^^ (Fig. 106.) THE CORRECTED PLASTER OF PARIS JACKET. In the more severe partially flexible and fixed casesnothing will be found as useful as a removable plaster jacketmade over a corrected plaster image of the body. This 58Taylor. N. Y. Med. Jour., vol. Ixvi, Oct. 30, 1897. NON-TUBERCULOUS DISEASES OF THE SPINE, 225 method was first suggested by Bartow and modified byBradford and Brackett. The method now used at the Hospital for Crippled andDeformed Children consists briefly in measuring the cir-cumferences of the thorax at axillae and bust, waist and pel-. FiG. 106. The Authors Steel Scoliosis Brace. Patient Same as in Fig. 89. vis of the patient; then the distances of the mammae from theanterior superior spines. The patient then sits on a table toflex the thighs and overcome the lordosis as much as possi-ble, a head sling is put on and the spine is stretched; thearms are supported to be on a level with the shoulders and 226 ORTHOPAEDIC SURGERY. if much lateral leaning or twisting of the trunk exists effortsare made to correct these by position as much as possibleor by pressure rods in the Hoffa machine, {vide infra.)Over a suitable undershirt, without felt padding, a plasterjacket is appHed, which when dry is cut off and used as amold and filled with semi-liquid plaster of paris. This whenset gives us a duplicate of our patient. A line is drawn joining the posterior superior spines andupon th
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