THE LUMBAR AND LUMBO-SACRAL REGIONS

It is possible that some of the irregularities of the jumbo-sacral region may be induced in this way.
In another case, a girl of 11 who had been injured some month befor, the radiographs show fusion of two of the vertebral bodies and deformity of the upper border of the lower adjacent body with no evidence of osteoporosis or abscess formation. The features in this case also suggest that the condition is one of osteochondritis following traums. Calve has recorded and illustrated complete collapse of isolated vertebral bodies in patients who hav shown no clinical signs or symptoms of bons tuberculosis. On the other hand, similar appearances may follow tuberculous disease, as recorded by Calve and by the doctor. In these, all trace of abscess had completely disappeared.

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 Cases of osteochondritis with pain as the outstanding feature should be kept recumbent on a frame for  3 to  6  month.  Further recumbent treatment should be decided by the radiographic appearance of plasticity of the bone. Milder cases may be treated by the wearing of ablock leather back support until the radiograph shows the bones have consolidated.