The human spine : an analysis of the comparative merits of the gypsum jacket and compound adjustable supports.

  • Banning, E. P. (Edmund Prior), 1810-
Date:
1881
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    THE HTJMJlN SFINE. THE GYPSUM JACKET VERSUS COMPOUND ADJUSTABLE SUPPORT. E. P. BANNING, M. D., lOI BOYLSTOK StRBBT, BOSTON, MaSS« So great has become the prevalence of spinal irri- tation, caries, and curvature, as to make the question of the best means of their mitigation an absorbing topic. Of the physical means employed there is a great variety of constructions, with as great a variety in degrees of merit; and, as fair representations, I select two (see Figs, i and 3, pages 4 and 8) : Fig. i being the Gypsum or Plaster Jacket, which has suddenly sprung into great popularity under the aegis of Lewis Sayre, M. D., and Fig. 3 is the Spinal Prop. Fig. I certainly has the merit of simplicity, both of con- struction and action, and Fig. 3 is more complex both in construction and action. Now, as both plans embody merit, I propose to im- partially analyze the modus operaiidi of these respec- tive plans, in the light of physiological law and of natural philosophy, with a view to settling the ques- tion as to which of them affords the greatest advan-