. A practical manual of the treatment of club-foot. us. (See Fig. 31.) On the 27th May, 1868, Dr. L. M. Yale put thechild under chloroform, when I found that by mod-erate force I could bring the left foot into nearly anatural position. On the right side, the heel could be broughtdown to a natural position, but it was impossibleto elevate the foot, or rotate it outward; in fact,the whole anterior part of tlae foot seemed like asolid plaster cast, with no motion at any of thejoints, except the toes. I therefore made a free subcutaneous section ofall the resisting structures in the hollow of thef
. A practical manual of the treatment of club-foot. us. (See Fig. 31.) On the 27th May, 1868, Dr. L. M. Yale put thechild under chloroform, when I found that by mod-erate force I could bring the left foot into nearly anatural position. On the right side, the heel could be broughtdown to a natural position, but it was impossibleto elevate the foot, or rotate it outward; in fact,the whole anterior part of tlae foot seemed like asolid plaster cast, with no motion at any of thejoints, except the toes. I therefore made a free subcutaneous section ofall the resisting structures in the hollow of thefoot, closed the wounds with adhesive plaster anda roller, and immediately brought the foot almoststraight. It was secured in this position by a boardunder the foot, and a roller, as indicated above. I directed Mr. Ford to make a pair of shoes,with orbicular joints in the soles, and elastic rubberto elevate the foot and rotate it outward, as I have 84 CASES. already described, and to return with the childwhen the shoes were completed. Fig. 31.
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