The treatment of infantile paralysis / by Oskar Vulpius ; translated by A. H. Todd.

  • Vulpius, Oscar, 1867-1936.
Date:
1912
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Credit: The treatment of infantile paralysis / by Oskar Vulpius ; translated by A. H. Todd. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    grip obtained by the bands was often insufficient, because the surface of contact was too small. The modern method of fixing an apparatus is by means of sheaths accurately moulded to a cast of the limb. In this way a far better grip is secured, because the fitting is exact, and a larger surface of the limb is grasped. No inconvenience is experienced, even when the appliance is firmly laced Fig. 7. — Primitive Walking Fig. 8.—Moulded Walking Apparatus. (After Heine.) Apparatus. up, because the pressure is evenly distributed. Impairment of the circula¬ tion and injury of the muscles are greatly reduced, though certainly not abolished. The atrophy which results from long wearing of an apparatus is much in evidence with the band type of fixation, but can also be demon¬ strated with the sheath type, for after some months the appliance becomes too large, and no longer fits the limb closely. The subcutaneous fat is the first to go, followed by the muscles, and finally by the bones, as the Röntgen rays have shown us.