In treating scoliosis by means of orthopedic corsets I think that it is difficult to meet the two most important requirements, the one of giving a reliable and uniform support to a deformed spine, the position of which has been improved by mechanic or gymnastic treatment, and the other of exerting a correcting influence on certain parts of the body by means of the orthopedic corset itself.
A number of good and practical corsets have been devised, giving satisfactory results to a considerable extent. While the Hessing corsets furnish only a thorough support to the spine, a good correcting corset has been described lately by Bradford, the correcting force being exerted by means of shoulder straps, circular transverse springs and a swinging upright for pressure on the neck. But it seems to me that in cases in which there is a considerable shifting of the body to one side, for