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meg
some vests/braces used by young severe scoliosis patients still look like that! They’re just made of plastic and are not riveted together…still, they look very uncomfortable. My friend had to wear one for months before she could get surgery and always had nasty callouses where the brace dug into her skin 
pwscott
Yes I have seen the plastic scoliosis braces. Very restricting I thought. I wonder if the wood splints could still be useful today. They look more adjustable for comfort.
adamyoffe
My radio station (based in Chicago and Northwest Indiana) just happened to do a couple of pieces on the Museum and interviewed a curator.
Check em out – http://vocalo.org/explore/content/49894
and the remix – http://vocalo.org/explore/content/50327.
Another Tim
I have been to that museum, and it is a pretty cool museum. Some of the instruments are quite scary looking, but it was cool to see (and not experience!).
Sydney
Scoliosis braces are torture devices, believe me. I never got calluses from mine, just big long open rug burn looking things. Awful.
