. The Richmond and Louisville medical journal . ch gavegreat relief. The child was again seenin 1874, when he looked well. Hecontinued to run about until June 4,1875, during which time he had out-grown his jacket, which was removedand a plaster of Paris jacket child was held out as straight aspossible by two assistants pulling onefrom the shoulders and the other fromthe ankles, a,flannel shirt having beenadjusted to his body, then a bandagesaturated with plaster of Paris was car-ried around the pelvis and up to the axilla. The plaster driedreadily, and the child was sent home feeli
. The Richmond and Louisville medical journal . ch gavegreat relief. The child was again seenin 1874, when he looked well. Hecontinued to run about until June 4,1875, during which time he had out-grown his jacket, which was removedand a plaster of Paris jacket child was held out as straight aspossible by two assistants pulling onefrom the shoulders and the other fromthe ankles, a,flannel shirt having beenadjusted to his body, then a bandagesaturated with plaster of Paris was car-ried around the pelvis and up to the axilla. The plaster driedreadily, and the child was sent home feeling perfectly comfort-able. I was sent for that evening in great haste, the mothersaying he could not lay or sit, and found him suffering fromtoo great compression of thorax. I therefore made an incisionof about three inches from the top through the plaster, whichgave instantaneous and perfect relief. This dressing was wornuntil July 26, when it was found that a fold in the shirt hadproduced uneasiness. It was then taken off, and a slight abra-. potts disease. 421 sion over the crest of the left ilium discovered. The childcame to the office on the 30th, when the abrasion was foundhealed, and was told to return the next day, when the dressingwould be reapplied. July 31 another dressing was applied, thechild being placed in the sling, the body being the extendingpower. The plaster of Paris was applied as before. After theplaster had dried, the child walked about the office, feeling verycomfortable. The following Tuesday he went on an 4. September 22, 1875.—Was present at the clinic;his jacket, that had been applied July 31st, was re-moved. The boy could bear concussion even whenthe instrument was off without pain, and appearedto be perfectly well, the dorsal and lumbar vertebraebeing anchylosed with but slight deformity, as seenin photographs (figures 5 and 6). Another plasterjacket, however, was applied (before the class) toguard against any possible accident.
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