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MATERIAL CONDITIONS 49
wider middle part bears on one surface a soft pad
for application to the infant's forehead. A ± strap
of soft cloth is attached by its upper extremity to
the middle of the upper edge of the wooden bar
and each end of its horizontal strip is continued by
a pair of strings which pass through holes in the
ends of the bar. The strings are brought together
on the front of the bar at its middle and passed
through the centre of a copper coin ^ or other hard
disc. The bar is applied transversely to the forehead
of the infant ; the vertical strap runs back
over the sagittal suture ; the transverse strap is
drawn tightly across the occiput, and the required
degree of pressure is gradually applied by twisting
the coin round and round on the front of the bar,
and so pulling upon the strings which connect the
ends of the bar on the forehead with the ends of
the strap across the occiput (PI. ^^).
^ Some of the copper coins of Sarawak are perforated at the centre.
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