The practice of surgery . those of the former injury; the symptoms are very similar, andthe treatment is identical (Principles, 3d Am. Ed. p. 687). Sometimesit is the plantaris which yields in either its muscle or tendon. For Bibliographical reference, see p. 332. CHAPTER XLI AFFECTIONS OF THE FOOT. Talipes. By this term is understood the deformity of Clubfoot; generally con-genital, yet not unfrequently acquired. The original development of thebones is not faulty: but displacement of these is gradually effected, bya predominance of action in certain muscles; such predominance beingdependent,
The practice of surgery . those of the former injury; the symptoms are very similar, andthe treatment is identical (Principles, 3d Am. Ed. p. 687). Sometimesit is the plantaris which yields in either its muscle or tendon. For Bibliographical reference, see p. 332. CHAPTER XLI AFFECTIONS OF THE FOOT. Talipes. By this term is understood the deformity of Clubfoot; generally con-genital, yet not unfrequently acquired. The original development of thebones is not faulty: but displacement of these is gradually effected, bya predominance of action in certain muscles; such predominance beingdependent, either on spasm of those which so act, or on want of actionin those which ought to be their antagonists. There is no actual dislo-cation of the tarsal bones; there is merely gradual change in theirrelative positions. A case is related by Delpech which well illustratesthe mode of production. A soldier had the external popliteal nerveinjured by a shot; the peronei, the tibialis anticus, and the extensor Fig. 287. Fie.
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