Sayre's jacket


jacket

 [jak´et] an encasement or covering for the trunk, especially the thorax.plaster-of-Paris jacket a casing of plaster of paris" >plaster of paris enveloping the body, for the purpose of giving support or correcting deformities; see also cast.Sayre's jacket a plaster of Paris jacket used as a support for the vertebral column.strait jacket popular name for camisole.

Sayre's jacket

A plaster-of-Paris jacket used as a support for a deformity of the spinal column.See also: jacket