FIG. I.-Simple portable arrangement for application of corrective jackets for scoliosis. Three stands with uprights adjustable in length are secured to a board placed against the back of a steamer chair. The upper supports the neck, the lower the sacrum, and the middle presses on the scoliotic hump. Counter pressure can be made on the thorax in front by means of a lever rod (armed with a pressure pad) tied at one end to the side of the chair and pressed by an assistant at the other end. A projecting shoulder can be tied back by a bandage.