A treatise on orthopedic surgery . alot jacket showinghooks. the pad and In applying the support the patient is partly suspended inthe ordinary manner. If the head is to be included a specialsling must be used. This may be improvised from bandagematerial, but preferably it is made of canvas. It should beabout five to six feet in length and two and a half inches inwidth, the ends are sewed together making when it is passedover the cross bar, two loops, of which one is placed about the TUBERCULOUS DISEASE OF THE SPINE. 85 chin and the other beneath the occij)ut. These are attached toone another
A treatise on orthopedic surgery . alot jacket showinghooks. the pad and In applying the support the patient is partly suspended inthe ordinary manner. If the head is to be included a specialsling must be used. This may be improvised from bandagematerial, but preferably it is made of canvas. It should beabout five to six feet in length and two and a half inches inwidth, the ends are sewed together making when it is passedover the cross bar, two loops, of which one is placed about the TUBERCULOUS DISEASE OF THE SPINE. 85 chin and the other beneath the occij)ut. These are attached toone another by safety j)ins above the ears. To the posterior loopa similar band about three and a half feet in length is when carried behind the occiput and attached to the crossbar holds the head firmly in the desired position if it is to beincluded in the support. A close fitting shirt with a high neckand sleeves is worn. The protecting pads are then applied inthe usual manner and a band of felt is placed about the neck. Fig. The Calot jacket showing the thick block of wood UBed for pressure overthe felt pads. For this detail in the pressure appliance I am indebted to E. Bennett. In addition the front of the thorax is covered with a layer ofcotton batting about one inch in thickness. The arms are sup-ported at a right angle to the trunk and the jacket is con-structed, if the disease is of the lower dorsal region, to includethe neck and shoulders. As a part is to be cut away it mustbe made much thicker than the ordinary jacket, especially over the 86 OBTHOPEDIC SUEGEEY. shoulders, on the lateral borders of the chest and about the de-formity. Calot constructs the jacket with layers of crinolinepreviously cut in patterns, which are then saturated with liquidplaster mixture, but those accustomed to the roller bandages willprefer them, strengthening the jacket by reverses in the usualmanner. When the jacket is sufficiently firm the patient is placedupon the back and a sm
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