. St. Louis courier of medicine. e patient can stand, and with the aid of crutches auto-loco-motion becomes possible.* (Fig. 16). *Transactions of the Amercan Orthopedic Association,Vol. Ill,page 2C4. 96 Courier of Medicine. The heat and perspiration incident to the summer monthsmodifies the stiffness and impairs the sweetness of the bodybrace. This is remedied by another thorough baking and byan additional coat of varnish, which treatment of the bracecan be repeated as occasion demands. The matter of hardening the leather, especially for jack-ets, is all-important. We have suggested how thoro
. St. Louis courier of medicine. e patient can stand, and with the aid of crutches auto-loco-motion becomes possible.* (Fig. 16). *Transactions of the Amercan Orthopedic Association,Vol. Ill,page 2C4. 96 Courier of Medicine. The heat and perspiration incident to the summer monthsmodifies the stiffness and impairs the sweetness of the bodybrace. This is remedied by another thorough baking and byan additional coat of varnish, which treatment of the bracecan be repeated as occasion demands. The matter of hardening the leather, especially for jack-ets, is all-important. We have suggested how thorough bakingwill do it. and yet the process is far from being an ideal varnish applied to both sides stiffens, but is not per-manent. Dr. Brackett recently suggested to me the use ofwax applied to the surface while hot, and it certainly doesstiffen, but bending the leather loosens the wax, which scalesoff—and much of the hardness is gone. However, I am stillexperimenting and hope that this agent will prove Fig. 15. Were the jacket, after the ventilating holes are made, tobe placed in a close-covered vessel containing sufficient shel-lac to permit of entire immersion, and there allowed to remainuntil thoroughly saturated, the stiffness would be great andquite permanent. Possibly if treated in like manner with thehot melted wax the result would be the same. Doubtless amethod will yet be discovered of permanently hardeningleather, which, when found, will insure to us a material, alreadymost excellent in its way, that will be ideal for body braces. There are several reasons why the orthopedic surgeonshould be familiar with leather work as a therapeutic , because so many of the indications of treatment can bemet by its judicious use. Second, it is something he can do Steele.—The Leather Speint-Ijrace. 97 himself or have done under his personal supervision. Thus hecan at least be somewhat relieved from the thraldom of theinstrument maker, who, not
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