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The science and art of surgery : being a treatise on surgical injuries, diseases, and operations . Fig. 462.—Limb witli Necrosis of Fibula. Fiar. 463.—Limb after removal of Fibula. be applied, in order to obviate the tendency to varus which will the case from which the annexed drawings are taken, very considera-ble reparative action was set up in the periosteum and soft tissues alongthe line of bone that had been removed, new osseous matters apparentlybeing deposited; and the cliild, when examined two years after the ope-ration, liad an excellent, well-nourished, and useful limb. The
The science and art of surgery : being a treatise on surgical injuries, diseases, and operations . Fig. 462.—Limb witli Necrosis of Fibula. Fiar. 463.—Limb after removal of Fibula. be applied, in order to obviate the tendency to varus which will the case from which the annexed drawings are taken, very considera-ble reparative action was set up in the periosteum and soft tissues alongthe line of bone that had been removed, new osseous matters apparentlybeing deposited; and the cliild, when examined two years after the ope-ration, liad an excellent, well-nourished, and useful limb. The foot,however, had a tendency to be drawn inwards, apparently owing to theflexors having overcome the antagonism of the peroneal extensors. Thisdeviation inwards was counteracted by the patient wearing a properlyconstructed boot, with which walking was perfectly easy. Foot.—In looking at the division of the foot into its three great com-ponent parts—toes, metatarsus, and tarsus,—we shall perceive thatfirmness of gait is given by the foot resting on the heel behind, and onthe ball in f
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