Spinal disease and spinal curvature : their treatment by suspension and the use of the plaster of Paris bandage . ty. 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, eighth,and ninth dorsal verteb
Spinal disease and spinal curvature : their treatment by suspension and the use of the plaster of Paris bandage . ty. 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, eighth,and ninth dorsal vertebrae. Theeighth projecting very prominently(see fig. 19). Great pain when pres-sing on head and sacrum. Whensuspended, the projection diminishedvery perceptibly. March 16, 1876.—Plaster of Parisjacket was applied. 2Iay 20.—The boy retm-ned tohave jacket seen to. Has been per-fectly comfortable since last improved considerably. Jacketnot disturbed, as it is still in goodcondition, as seen in the engi-aving froma photograph (see fig. 20), and the boyexercises freely without pain or incon-venience.^. Case XII.—Fehruary 10, 1876.—W. A. Lyon, aged foiu-years, 127 Morton Street, Jersey City, sent by Dr. Craig, withPotts disease, eighth, ninth, and tenth dorsal vertebrie, ofeighteen months standing, caused by falling downstairs. Tay-lors brace apphed July 20, 1875 ; has worn it ever since. Atthat time deformity very slight (as the parents say). Present January 8, 1877. Perfect consolidation, with, scarcely perceptibledeformity when naked, and imperceptible when dressed. Is in robusthealth, and very active. 42 POTTS DISEASE. condition as seen in curved dark line (fig. 21); has two soreson prominent vertebrae. Removed brace, and when extended insling straightened to dotted line (fig. 21). Applied plaster of Fig. 21. Fig. 22.
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