Spinal disease and spinal curvature : their treatment by suspension and the use of the plaster of Paris bandage . f, and shecould walk well immediately. Mai/ 22.—As the child is going to the country for thesummer, a new jacket was applied, and new plasters and bandagesto leg and thigh. As soon as the plaster had become set shewalked with perfect ease, but when the jacket was removed shecould not walk a step or stand without support. Case XYI.—April 17, 1876.—Anthony Eyan, aged eightPkj, 27. years, 84 Tenth Avenue, of healthy parents, and always strong. When2^ years old had a slight fall froma
Spinal disease and spinal curvature : their treatment by suspension and the use of the plaster of Paris bandage . f, and shecould walk well immediately. Mai/ 22.—As the child is going to the country for thesummer, a new jacket was applied, and new plasters and bandagesto leg and thigh. As soon as the plaster had become set shewalked with perfect ease, but when the jacket was removed shecould not walk a step or stand without support. Case XYI.—April 17, 1876.—Anthony Eyan, aged eightPkj, 27. years, 84 Tenth Avenue, of healthy parents, and always strong. When2^ years old had a slight fall froma bed. Noticed trouble in backalmost immediately. He wastaken to Dr. Knights Hospitalin 1870, and has worn a bracesince October of that , curvature has gra-dually increased until it is asrepresented in fig. 26, dark Xis a small opening, intowhich a probe passes to the rightthree and three quarter inches, tothe left two and a half inches, andone and a half inch in an upwardand downward direction (see ). Dotted line in fig. 26 is thatof suspension; dark line of stand-. TKEATMENT OF CASES. 49 April 18.—Opened abscess very freely; dressed with oakumand Peruvian balsam. April 19.—Applied plaster of Paris dressing, cutting fenestrafor the escape of ]^\is, giving him perfect relief, and enablinghim to walk without support.^ Case XYII.—Annie Georgia, was brought to me T. Camak, aged 13 years, Athens,March 16, 1876. Father and mother dead ; cause of their death Fig. 28. unknown. The following historyis obtained from her aunt: Atfive years of age she had a fall,followed by intense pain in theback and bowels; this continuedfor some months, when the ^^ainceased; soon after a bunch aj)-peared on her back. She wastaken, in August 1868, to , of New York; he rubbedthe spine, and made a brace,which, however, she couldnot wear constantly, as it gaveher great pain. Then a Ban-nings brace was procured, butthis seemed to press the breastout so
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