. A practical manual of the treatment of club-foot. He returned on the 10th of June, thirteen daysafter the operation. The wounds had partly healedwithout any suppuration, and the child had sufferedvery little pain from the operation. The bandagehad been removed once or twice by my assistant,and the foot well washed and rubbed. Mr. Ford had constructed the shoes remarkablywell, from the model I had given him. They wereput upon the child, and fulfilled all the indicationsdesired most admirably. The rubber was hookedon with only a very moderate force at first, but was CASES. 85 gradually increas
. A practical manual of the treatment of club-foot. He returned on the 10th of June, thirteen daysafter the operation. The wounds had partly healedwithout any suppuration, and the child had sufferedvery little pain from the operation. The bandagehad been removed once or twice by my assistant,and the foot well washed and rubbed. Mr. Ford had constructed the shoes remarkablywell, from the model I had given him. They wereput upon the child, and fulfilled all the indicationsdesired most admirably. The rubber was hookedon with only a very moderate force at first, but was CASES. 85 gradually increased a link at a time for an hour ormore. At the end of about three hours his feetwere in a perfectly natural position, and he couldwalk without a cane, with his heels upon the ground,and his feet parallel with each other. He walkedto the photograph gallery without assistance, andhad his picture taken (see Fig. 32), thirteen daysfrom the operation. Electricity was applied to the anterior portionof the leg and foot every other day, and very freehandl
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