The people's common sense medical adviser in plain English, or, Medicine simplified . Atipariitus for correciinfrAnchylosis by oiihcr grndualor forcible extension. 888 COMMON SENSE MEDICAL ADVISER. Fig. years, surgery affords the surest means of rectifying it. The oper-ation consists in severing the contracted tendons subcutaneously. 1958. Bow-Iieg:s. This de-formity, represented by Fig. 276, isdue to the softening of tlie bones,which are thus rendered incapableof supporting the weight of tliebody. It is an acquired deformityand is most frequently developedin children. Its mechanical tre
The people's common sense medical adviser in plain English, or, Medicine simplified . Atipariitus for correciinfrAnchylosis by oiihcr grndualor forcible extension. 888 COMMON SENSE MEDICAL ADVISER. Fig. years, surgery affords the surest means of rectifying it. The oper-ation consists in severing the contracted tendons subcutaneously. 1958. Bow-Iieg:s. This de-formity, represented by Fig. 276, isdue to the softening of tlie bones,which are thus rendered incapableof supporting the weight of tliebody. It is an acquired deformityand is most frequently developedin children. Its mechanical treat-ment consists in the proper adjust-ment of a pair of bow-leg bracesas illustrated by Fig. 276. Thebraces are so contrived that, whilethey afford the requisite supportfor the body, they graduallydraw the limb into its natural po-sition. As soon as the deformity,. , , , . , is discovered, the requisite treat- Knock-knee and apparatus for cor- -*^^ j i reeling it. ,^y„(; should be instituted. 1959. Talipes {Club-Foot). This deformity is genei-allycongenital, but it may be acquired. It is devetoped in variousforms, the principal ones of which are termed jp^^^ varus, equmus, valgus, and ca
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