SAYRE, Lewis Albert (1820 – 1900)
1820 – 1900
4 entries in the GMN corpus.
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1855
#4331
Exsection of the head of the femur and removal of the upper rim of the acetabulum, for morbus coxarius, with perfect recovery.
Resection of the hip for ankylosis.
1876
#4342.1
Lectures on orthopaedic surgery and diseases of the joints.
See Nos. 4344 & 4344.1.
1876
#4344
Report on Pott’s disease, or caries of the spine; treated by extension, and the plaster of Paris bandage.
Sayre was the first to use plaster of Paris as a support for the spinal column in scoliosis and Pott’s disease. His name is eponymically linked with Sayre’s jacket, a plaster of Paris jacket applied while the patient …
1877
#4344.1
Spinal disease and spinal curvature, their treatment by suspension and the use of the plaster of Paris bandage.
Sayre’s monograph on his methods of treating tuberculosis of the spine and scoliosis is the first American surgical textbook to contain actual mounted photographs, some of which are remarkable for their artistic quali…