The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-03
Now Curing Hunchbaclxs,

In surgical research was made in New
| York yesterday
Experiments in the treatment of ky
s-hunchbacks-wtth the view OF
| erecting cures, have been conducted for
months unheralded at the hospital OF
the New York Society for the Relief OF
the Crippled and Ruptured.
The experiments have been under the
direction of DR.. ". p. Gibney, the FAM
Gus surgeon. They have now reached
the stage where the surgeons are able
to state that the victims Of deformity,
| If treated in time by the new method,
| can be made to grow straight and
strong.
| More wonderful still, crooked backs
can be Strengthened, and among the
| ment there is not one which has not
| shown decided recession Of the de-
formity, and it is expected that cures
will be made in every case.
The treatment of the disease (hunch-
| back results from tuberculosis of the
bone) is simple. The only appliance
used is a plaster of-paris cast. in which
the patient is incased, and in which
| openings are cut to permit the applica-
ton of pressure pads over the hump.
| The entire torso is covered with a solid
| mold of plaster, which extends well up
| on the head.
1t is the manner Of applying the cast
in which the new features Of the treat
ment are introduced. The patient is
suspended by his head from the ceiling
| IN sling which passes under his chin.
| While In this position, with the muscles
| and joints relaxed, the physicians apply
| the plaster cream. The patient is al
lowed to hang in midair until the cast
has hardened, when he Is taken down
and openings over the abdomen and
| back are cut in the cast.
| The new method of treatment was dis
| covered by DIR. Calot Of Berck-sur- Mer,
| a famous French surgeon, whose exper-
| 1ments in the direction of discovering a
cure for spinal deformities have given
| him an International reputation. The
| new method was introduced into this
country by DIR. Gibney, who is surgeon
in-chief Of the Cripples' hospital
| DR.. Gibney began his experiments
soon after his arrival here last fall, but
they have been conducted with the ut
most secrecy. It was with great reluct-
ance that he confirmed the information
regarding his work. He said yester-
| day:
1.-THE treatment has not been conclud-
ed as yet in the case Of any of the
| patients, and will not be until next
| March. I would not care to state posi-
| lively that we have effected cure, but
there has been decided Improvement in
| many Of the cases. DIR. Calot declares
| he has effected cures, and shows photo
graphs and photographs of. severe cases
| of kyphoses which have receded under
| his remarkable treatment. We are
using the same treatment and hope for
the same success"
In marked contrast to the conserva-
| tism of DIR. Gibney are the attitude and
| expressions of the officials Of the hos
pital, who declare that sure cure has
been discovered. Two Of the patients,
both little girls, who have been under
treatment several months, were shown
| to an American reporter yesterday, as
| a PROOF Of their statements.
The little bodies had nearly straight
and the attendants confidently prophe-
sized that they would be completely
cured within two months.
The treatment is absolutely painless,
and the two little tots ran away laugh
ing and talking after the inspection.
Doesn't the cast hurt?" one was
asked.
ooh, no. It feels nice. I can run
around now and I couldn't before" she
replied.
The treatment. as outlined by Dr.
| Gibney, rests entirely on the method Of
so arranged that all the weight and
pressure rest on the shoulders and hips.
BY this means pressure can be applied
to deformed vertebrae without diSplac-
ing other portions Of the spine.-New
York American.
Woman Walks After Twenty Years
Attributing her recovery to constant
prayer, Miss Lucy Mackey, Of "a East
Chestnut street, who for nearly twenty
years had been confined to her bed with
her right arm and right leg completely
paralyzed, is today able to walk about
the room apparently completely we'll
Heretofore she had been compelled to
lie on her back in perfectly helpless
state. In regard to her restoration to
health, Miss Mackey said:
II attribute my cure to prayer alone.
have prayed almost constantly for the
last twenty years. and have always
felt that God would in His own way
help me. This morning I was lying in
bed and praying. All at once something
seemed to pass through my body like
an electric shock. From that moment
felt stronger. knew that my arm
and leg had regained their strength. I
Immediately got out Of bed, but while
my arm and leg had been made whole,
could scarcely stand for dizziness. AS
soon as I have clothes made I will go
out and tell the people what the Lord
has done for INSTRUMENTATION (Pa.)
dispatch to New York Press.
United States Luck.
The United States has had some
pretty good luck with It's speculations.
The Louisiana Purchase turned out
well. Alaska has paid surprisingly
and is going to pay yet more surpris
ingy. It doth not yet appear how
the Philippines deal is going to pan
out, but there are those who believe
there is going to be a big profit in it
for somebody And perhaps in buy
ing the Panama canal zone we have
bought gold mines and other things
richly worth having. Anyhow, the |
statement is made that the United |
States possesses valuable deposits of
eoId silver and copper according to |
analyses made by Col. n. c. Demming |
q consulting mineralogist, to whom |
sample ores were sent from Cu1ebra |
Cut. Three lots OF samples were sent /
from the government cuttings and /
each lot reveals metals in paying |
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