Spinal disease and spinal curvature : their treatment by suspension and the use of the plaster of Paris bandage . ntegument underneath beingsound. This place was still a little tender when strong pressiure wasmade upon the sides of the ribs, or on crowding uppn the head andsacrum. I say fortunately we found this one tender spot, or, in the lan-guage of one of the surgeons present, if I had not done so, they wouldall have thought that nothing was the matter with him, and that hehad never had the disease at all; but the difference in his actions whenthe jacket was removed satisfied them that I w
Spinal disease and spinal curvature : their treatment by suspension and the use of the plaster of Paris bandage . ntegument underneath beingsound. This place was still a little tender when strong pressiure wasmade upon the sides of the ribs, or on crowding uppn the head andsacrum. I say fortunately we found this one tender spot, or, in the lan-guage of one of the surgeons present, if I had not done so, they wouldall have thought that nothing was the matter with him, and that hehad never had the disease at all; but the difference in his actions whenthe jacket was removed satisfied them that I was correct. I have aletter from his mother dated,— Ocean Crest Cottage, Long Branch, July 6, 1876. D?. Sayre : Dear Sir,— .... Toa put on your plaster jacket on March 1,and from that time George has been steadily improving, and, strangeto say, he has never had a single pain in his knee since. About two 40 POTTS DISEASE. Case XI.—Thomas Cocliran, aged seven years. The motherstates that he is a very nervous and excitable child. Whenthree years old he fell down a flight of steps, since which time Fig. he has complained of i:)ain in his stomach, sometimes in hishack. The mother noticed a bunch upon his back while he was weeks ago the bandage was changed for a fresh one, and the skin wasfound to be in a perfectly healthy condition. George has never complained of the jacket hurting him, or beinguncomfortable in any way. . Very gratefully your sincere friend, Eliza M. Curtis. ^ January 15,1877. Entirely well, and no deformity. TREATMENT OF CASES. 41 Fig. 20. still confined to his bed. This hunch was painful. Has beenunder treatment by iron braces for four years, and hasgTaduallygrown worse. Has been to a Philadelphia hospital, also hospi-tal for ruptui-ed and crippled, Forty-second Street, New York;and Dr. Sweet, of Newark, has seen him. His present condition, March 16,1876, is: Tolerably well nourished,but unable to stand without support;posterior curvature of seventh, eig
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