. The Richmond and Louisville medical journal . Treatment—Taylors brace. Best on back in bed. January 21, 1873.—Greatly improved. Can bear slightpressure on head without pain. October.—Still improving, but has grown so much that thebrace has to be lengthened. December 17, 1875.—Last summer she was allowed to playcroquet and take much more exercise than before, as she hadimproved so much. Last fall she was noticed to be losingstrength, and complained of pain in her back. Brace hascaused excoriations over projecting vertebras which have becomemuch more prominent; has also slight lateral curvatur
. The Richmond and Louisville medical journal . Treatment—Taylors brace. Best on back in bed. January 21, 1873.—Greatly improved. Can bear slightpressure on head without pain. October.—Still improving, but has grown so much that thebrace has to be lengthened. December 17, 1875.—Last summer she was allowed to playcroquet and take much more exercise than before, as she hadimproved so much. Last fall she was noticed to be losingstrength, and complained of pain in her back. Brace hascaused excoriations over projecting vertebras which have becomemuch more prominent; has also slight lateral curvature to theleft. To-day, December 18, 1875, applied plaster dressing afterextension by suspension. Condition was as seen in figure 12. The result of the treatment, as well as the comparison of thetwo methods of giving support to the spine, viz., Taylors 426 POTTS DISEASE, brace, and the plaster of Paris jacket, are well described in thefollowing letter from her father, dated Fort Hamilton, N. Y., June 1, L. A. Sayre, No. 285 Fift
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