Spinal disease and spinal curvature : their treatment by suspension and the use of the plaster of Paris bandage . to write me the desired in-formation, and I now send you the accompanying photographsto show the result of the treatment. Fm. 50. Case XXY.— A little gii-1 nine years of age, with Pottsdisease of two years standing, the result of a fall. She wasunable to stand without support,as seen in fig. 49. She had beentreated by Dr. Weber of Cleve-land, Ohio, with iron and lea-ther braces, without my return from Philadel-phia, where I saw you apply theplaster jacket before t
Spinal disease and spinal curvature : their treatment by suspension and the use of the plaster of Paris bandage . to write me the desired in-formation, and I now send you the accompanying photographsto show the result of the treatment. Fm. 50. Case XXY.— A little gii-1 nine years of age, with Pottsdisease of two years standing, the result of a fall. She wasunable to stand without support,as seen in fig. 49. She had beentreated by Dr. Weber of Cleve-land, Ohio, with iron and lea-ther braces, without my return from Philadel-phia, where I saw you apply theplaster jacket before the MedicalAssociation, I put her in the sam^after having suspended her, andshe began to improve from thatmoment, and can now walk with-out any assistance two miles everySunday to Sunday school, and isalmost perfectly straight, as seenin fig. 50, while before she couldnot even stand. Yery gratefully yours, A. W. ElDEXOUX. The following case is exceedingly interesting and instructive,as it illustrates how easily spinal deformities can be reheved bythe plaster jacket, even when comphcated with abscesses.:—. 78 POTTS DISEASE. Case XXYI,—Potts disease with abscess. Michael N., agedthree years, of healthy parents, and always healthy and veryactive until December 1874, when the mother noticed a stiffnessof the right side. He was a public institution forhip disease, but without any relief. In March the mother noticed a swelling on the rightside of the spine, which gradually increased to the size of a hensegg. Was examined in my clinic, and aspirated. The pus be- FiG. 51.
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