Tuberculosis in infancy and childhood : its pathology, prevention, and treatment . FIG. IO. — POSTERIOR SUPPORT FOR TUBERCULOUS DISEASE OF THEMID-DORSAL AND UPPER LUMBAR REGIONS the serum has revived interest in the subcutaneous introduction oftuberculin. There is no doubt that the new tuberculin containsmarked curative properties. The harmful results have been due toexcessive dosage. Doses for small children from rirW milli-gramme have proved distinctly helpful in many cases treated by thewriter, and even where one cannot have an opportunity of estimating theindex, no harm will follow
Tuberculosis in infancy and childhood : its pathology, prevention, and treatment . FIG. IO. — POSTERIOR SUPPORT FOR TUBERCULOUS DISEASE OF THEMID-DORSAL AND UPPER LUMBAR REGIONS the serum has revived interest in the subcutaneous introduction oftuberculin. There is no doubt that the new tuberculin containsmarked curative properties. The harmful results have been due toexcessive dosage. Doses for small children from rirW milli-gramme have proved distinctly helpful in many cases treated by thewriter, and even where one cannot have an opportunity of estimating theindex, no harm will follow the administration. The estimation of the iS6 TUBERCULOSIS IN INFANCY AND CHILDHOOD. FIG. II. FOR TUBERCULOUS DISEASE OF THE LOWER DORSAL AXD UPPER LUMBAR REGIONS. opsonic index is much too tedious and expensive to be of greatpractical service, and we must await developments in the direction ofsimplicity. TUBERCULOSIS OF THE SPINE 187 Mechanical.—Mechanical treatment aims at securing complete restfor the spine and the correction or prevention of deformity. In the early stages of disease complete recumbency should formpart of the mechanical device. The writer prefers to use a modifiedThomas support, so bent as to keep the spine hyper-extended. Thisprevents the telescoping of the vertebral bodies, and consequently theformation of kyphosis. It should be carefully moulded, and can becarried about with the patient (Fig. 8) upon it as easily as a carpet-bag. Strips of boiler felt are placed above and below the prominence,so that during the prolonged reclination it is modified, or even fullycorrected. When twelve or eighteen months have passed, provided progress
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