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

Provider: This material has been provided by the Augustus C. Long Health Sciences Library at Columbia University and Columbia University Libraries/Information Services, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the the Augustus C. Long Health Sciences Library at Columbia University and Columbia University.

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    daughter was rapidly sinking under the process. I was forced to counsel the removal of that kind of ac- tion, and suggest the application of support with no countervailing physiological influence. I regret that the attendant did not accept the advice given; for within the year my worst fears were realized. Case 2. — A child, four and a half years old, and the only daughter of a professional friend, had a pos- terior curvature of the lower dorsal vertebrae. She was a child of remarkable intellectual and personal attractiveness, with a great preponderance of the ner- vous over the osseous and muscular powers. When the apparent lesion amounted to a mere knuckle, she was taken the rounds of the celebrities of New York, in turn, but none of the steel appliances could be borne, on account of their weight and stiffness, and after full trial they were abadoned. Meantime, the curvature increased in prominence, involving two more vertebrae, and spinal and general weakness steadily increased. At length, the Jacket was applied by the one above all others most skilful in its use,—Dr. Lewis Sayre. This she bore better than she did the others. So far as the power to stand and move about was concerned, there w^as some improvement at first. The first Jacket was worn one week, and the second one seven weeks ; but during the last seven weeks the curvature involved still more vertebrae, the back was far weaker, and the child more irritable than when the Jacket was first applied. The whole system seemed to be struggling under a burden of oppression, and large, dark spots under the eyes gave signs of much prostration. The