Excerpt from The Buffalo Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. 22: August, 1882, to July, 1883 The inferences to be drawn from Dr. Sayre's statements, by one who was relying upon his teaching for a' knowledge of the sub jcet, would be: That the improvement of spinal position induced by suspension, was due to a change in the direction of the ver tebra adjacent to and including the seat Of disease that a lifting apart, or separation, of the surfaces of the vertebral bodies most intimately involved in the carious process was to be effected by suspension - producing a gap on the anterior aspect of the column. A somewhat similar idea is expressed by Barwell.* Referring to Dr. Sayre's method, he says: The idea is simple enough, merely to suspend the patient for a few minutes by the arm-pits and head, so that the weight of the lower limbs and buttocks shall strazg/iten outt to some considerable degree the bend in the spine. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.