The home medical adviser, a popular work on the treatment of disease . n the outside of the limbs, so as to bend them inward into astraight line, will correct the deformity in in-fants, if done persistently several times daily. When bow-legs first develop in babies, treat-ment directed against rickets is usually desira-ble: the child must remain outdoors as muchas possible; the diet should be improved; one-half to one teaspoonful of an emulsion of cod-liver oil may be given to the child three timesdaily, and pure cod-liver oil should be rubbedall over the body once daily after the bath. Ifthe
The home medical adviser, a popular work on the treatment of disease . n the outside of the limbs, so as to bend them inward into astraight line, will correct the deformity in in-fants, if done persistently several times daily. When bow-legs first develop in babies, treat-ment directed against rickets is usually desira-ble: the child must remain outdoors as muchas possible; the diet should be improved; one-half to one teaspoonful of an emulsion of cod-liver oil may be given to the child three timesdaily, and pure cod-liver oil should be rubbedall over the body once daily after the bath. Ifthe soles of the shoes are made thicker alongthe outer borders it will favor correction of bow-legs, when the child begins to walk. In older children, when bow-legs are very pronounced and the deformity is oflong standing, correction can only be secured through the applica-tion of apparatus by a surgeon, in patients under three and one-half years, or after that age by operation, such as cutting the bentpart of the bones of the thighs and setting them in proper Fig. 48.—Bow-legs. KNOCK-KNEES Causes.—This is a deformity acquired in infancy, owing to rickets—with malformation of the bones of the legs, either above or belowthe knees—but may develop in later life, owing to weakness of theligaments, on the inner side of the knee joint. Prolonged standing,carrying heavy loads, and flat feet, favor knock-knees in older patients. Symptoms.—It may occur in one or both knees. In knock-kneethe knees are in close contact, and the feet held apart. A slight degreeof this condition is seen naturally in women. Knock-knee is not 350 DISEASES OF CHILDREN recognized by parents so readily as bow-legs. After the child hasbegun to walk, it may show the trouble by an awkward, waddlinggait, by the knees rubbing together, and by frequently stumbling andfalling, and the deformity may be seen when the child is standingerect or lying with the legs stretched at full length. Treatment.—The
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