Spinal disease and spinal curvature : their treatment by suspension and the use of the plaster of Paris bandage . ysis had been present before the jacket was applied,the sufierer has been able to walk without difficulty after theapplication was made. In all cases in which patients havebeen unable to walk at all without catching hold of their knees,or of a chair or table, or whatever might be within their reach,they have been able, after the adjustment of the jacket, towalk erect and without any support whatever. In every in-stance in which I have applied it, the pain from which thepatient had
Spinal disease and spinal curvature : their treatment by suspension and the use of the plaster of Paris bandage . ysis had been present before the jacket was applied,the sufierer has been able to walk without difficulty after theapplication was made. In all cases in which patients havebeen unable to walk at all without catching hold of their knees,or of a chair or table, or whatever might be within their reach,they have been able, after the adjustment of the jacket, towalk erect and without any support whatever. In every in-stance in which I have applied it, the pain from which thepatient had suffered so continuously has been immediately re-lieved, and has not returned so long as the bandage remained c 2 20 POTTS DISEASE. correctly adjusted. In some instances indigestion has been thechief thing complained of previous to the use of the jacket, butall symptoms of dyspepsia have disappeared at once after theapplication of the bandage. In others, a difficult respirationand painful cough have been immediately relieved and have notretiu-ned. In short, all the symptoms referable to irritation at Fig. the distal extremities of the nerves have been removed by givingproper support to the spinal column. The Jury-mast Apparatus.—There are some cases of Pottsdisease in which the cervical or upj^er dorsal vertebrae, or bothtogether, are involved. In these cases treatment by the plasterjacket alone can do but little if any good. It then becomesnecessary to treat the disease by the use of an instrument whichI call the Jury-mast Apparatus. This consists of two pieces JURY-MAST APPARATUS. 21 of malleable iron bent to fit the curve of the back. To the lowerportion are attached three or more roughened tin strips longenough to go nearly around the body. From two cross pieces ofthe upper extremity of the iron pieces springs a central shaft,carried in a curve over the top of the head and capable of beingelongated at will. To this is attached at its upper extremity aswivel cross bar
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