Dr. Lewis Sayre treating scoliosis, checking the curvature of the spine, 1870sLewis A. Sayre (1820-1900), became a doctor of vast renown and an essential determine in the history of orthopedics in America.Among the processes that he pioneered in his private exercise was a system at some stage in which the patient was suspended, hanging by the arms, which will stretch the spine and relieve stresses caused by an irregular curvature, whilst a plaster of Paris “jacket” changed into outfitted so that it will maintain the backbone in region after suspension.