Spinal disease and spinal curvature : their treatment by suspension and the use of the plaster of Paris bandage . Fig. more comfortable, and greatly improves her position (see and 40). Case XXI.—May 15, 1876.—Elvira Arango, aged 12 healthy; mothers history passable. Cause eight years old complained of more or less pain aboutthe spine. Noticed nothing till two years ago, when motherfound a small knuckle about last dorsal and first and secondlumbar vertebrae. She has been treated by the prone f)ositionmore or less ever since the deformity was noticed, and t
Spinal disease and spinal curvature : their treatment by suspension and the use of the plaster of Paris bandage . Fig. more comfortable, and greatly improves her position (see and 40). Case XXI.—May 15, 1876.—Elvira Arango, aged 12 healthy; mothers history passable. Cause eight years old complained of more or less pain aboutthe spine. Noticed nothing till two years ago, when motherfound a small knuckle about last dorsal and first and secondlumbar vertebrae. She has been treated by the prone f)ositionmore or less ever since the deformity was noticed, and theuncle. Dr. Arango, says ^ that the deformity has increased, not-withstanding she has been most of the time in the horizontalposition. Present condition as seen in fig. 42. Dark linein fig. 41 indicates the ciu-ve when standing; dotted line showsdeformity during suspension. May 20.—Plaster of Paris jacket applied after suspensionof the body, giving perfect relief, and a marked improvementin her figure. June 3.—Has been quite comfortable since last date. Has 60 potts disease. Fig. 41. taken a great deal of exe
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