Spinal disease and spinal curvature : their treatment by suspension and the use of the plaster of Paris bandage . carried his head forward in a constrained position, had apeculiar catch in liis respiration, and the convergent strabismuscontinued. I placed my hands under his chin and occii3ut, and liftinghis head very slightly, the strabismus immediately disappeared,and he exclaimed, Thats what I want. As soon as I releasedmy support, the strabismus returned. 72 POTTS DISEASE. I sent him to Mr. Eeynders, 309 Fourth Avenue, to he mea-sured for an outside su^Dport, or jmy-mast, such as I havedesc
Spinal disease and spinal curvature : their treatment by suspension and the use of the plaster of Paris bandage . carried his head forward in a constrained position, had apeculiar catch in liis respiration, and the convergent strabismuscontinued. I placed my hands under his chin and occii3ut, and liftinghis head very slightly, the strabismus immediately disappeared,and he exclaimed, Thats what I want. As soon as I releasedmy support, the strabismus returned. 72 POTTS DISEASE. I sent him to Mr. Eeynders, 309 Fourth Avenue, to he mea-sured for an outside su^Dport, or jmy-mast, such as I havedescribed, to he applied over the plaster jacket. On November 8, before a large party of physicians andstudents in the amphitheatre of Bellevue Hospital, I appliedthis outside support for head suspension, as seen in figs. 44 and45; and, as soon as the plaster was set and the head properly Fig. suspended, his respiration became natural, the strabismus dis-appeared, and he said he was perfectly comfortable. In lessthan half-an-hour after the adjustment of the apparatus, he ranup and down stairs in the amphitheatre without the slightestinconvenience. He went to Philadelphia the following day, andhis father states that he spent two days in walking aiound theCentennial Buildings without fatigue or inconvenience. He left TREATMENT OF CASES. 78 for his home in St. Louis on November 13, but before he left Ipersuaded him to go to ONeil, the photographer, and have hispicture taken, from which figs. 44 and 45 are engraved. Iregret that I have not a picture of him on October 27, but itcould not be taken, as he was unable to stand for it. I will add a case of Potts disease, of long standing, as itillustrates the tediousness of consolidation under the instru-mental treatment, and shows also that improvement in position Fig. 46.
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