Lateral curvature of the spine and round shoulders . FiG. 133.—-Anterior View of Pa-tient Showing Freedom of ChestOVER Areas of Concavity.—(Rich,Jour. Amer. Med. Assoc, Dec,1911.) Fig. 134.—-Patient Thirteen Years Due to Rickets; Never Treated. ments, and the body weight is utilized to straighten the spinalcurves. The method is not applicable, except to children. Application of Corrective Jacket in the Prone Position.—Whencorrective jackets are applied to the patients prone, it is desirable toflex the legs, as this diminishes the physiological curves of the spineand simplifies th
Lateral curvature of the spine and round shoulders . FiG. 133.—-Anterior View of Pa-tient Showing Freedom of ChestOVER Areas of Concavity.—(Rich,Jour. Amer. Med. Assoc, Dec,1911.) Fig. 134.—-Patient Thirteen Years Due to Rickets; Never Treated. ments, and the body weight is utilized to straighten the spinalcurves. The method is not applicable, except to children. Application of Corrective Jacket in the Prone Position.—Whencorrective jackets are applied to the patients prone, it is desirable toflex the legs, as this diminishes the physiological curves of the spineand simplifies the problem. With a patient thus lying prone, thespine is open to inspection and relaxed. In this improved positionthe jacket is applied. I62 TREATMENT A simple application of this method is to be found by having the patient lieprone in a rectangular gas-pipe frame on two straps of webbing running fromend to end, cross straps supporting the pelvis and shoulders. By means of web-bing straps attached to the side of the frame, in a right dorsal
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