Spinal curvature : description of a new form of apparatus in special relation to the necessity and the nature of mechanical support for the spine / by C.G. Gümpel.

  • Gümpel, Carl Gottfried.
Date:
1892
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Credit: Spinal curvature : description of a new form of apparatus in special relation to the necessity and the nature of mechanical support for the spine / by C.G. Gümpel. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    zig-zag or snake form, and at the upper end of this spring a strip of steel extends across the back and curves upwards ending under the arm pits, where each end is provided with a crutch on which the arms can rest. The frame is held in position by either stay-fronts or lacing bands of a suitable kind, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3. Each end of the pelvis band is provided with a metal loop through which passes a webbing strap ; one end of this strap is fastened to the stay-front, and the other carries a lacing band as shown in Fig. 2. By tightening this lacing band the pelvis band and with it the snake spring is pulled against the body and thus the desired pressure is exerted in the hollow of the back. For children the whole fastening is reduced to a simple lacing band as shown in Fig. 3. The lacing band across the upper part of the back between the crutches, tends—in addition to the spring —to pull the shoulders backwards and thus to expand the chest. The webbing straps, attached to the front fasten- ing and passing backwards over the hips to buckles on the pelvis band, serve to carry the apparatus as shown in Fig. i.