A treatise on orthopedic surgery . longerfit the patient. Their use is practically limited to the stage ofrecovery or for other affections than Potts disease. The Back Brace.—The spinal brace, or spinal assistant, as theoriginal appliance of Dr. C. F. Taylor was called, consistsessentially of two steel bars that are applied on either side of thespinous processes from the top to the bottom of the spine. Atthe seat of the disease pads are placed to provide for greaterpressure and fixation, and to form a fulcrum over which thespine may be straightened or held erect, when the two extremi-ties of t
A treatise on orthopedic surgery . longerfit the patient. Their use is practically limited to the stage ofrecovery or for other affections than Potts disease. The Back Brace.—The spinal brace, or spinal assistant, as theoriginal appliance of Dr. C. F. Taylor was called, consistsessentially of two steel bars that are applied on either side of thespinous processes from the top to the bottom of the spine. Atthe seat of the disease pads are placed to provide for greaterpressure and fixation, and to form a fulcrum over which thespine may be straightened or held erect, when the two extremi-ties of the brace are firmly attached to the pelvis and to the shoulders. The attachment at thelower end is made by means of apelvic band of sheet steel (gauge18) from one and a half to twoinches in width, long enough toreach from one iliac spine to theother; it is placed as low as possi-ble on the pelvis; in other words,just above the upper extremities ofthe trochanters. To this the up-rights are firmly attached at an Fig. 59. Fig.
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