The medical age : a semi-monthly journal of medicine and surgery . Fig. io. Fig. ir. Case 2.—Figs. 4 and 5 show a well marked case of genu valgum,with an accompanying anterior curve of the tibia. In this case thedistorted condition of the bones could be traced to early child had been afflicted with well marked symptoms of thatdisease, and in her case, besides enlargement about some of the super-ficial joints, she was left with distinct elongation of the internal con-dyle of the femur, which caused the condition of knock-knee. As I ORIGIN A L: LA FER TE 493 did not feel that cuttin
The medical age : a semi-monthly journal of medicine and surgery . Fig. io. Fig. ir. Case 2.—Figs. 4 and 5 show a well marked case of genu valgum,with an accompanying anterior curve of the tibia. In this case thedistorted condition of the bones could be traced to early child had been afflicted with well marked symptoms of thatdisease, and in her case, besides enlargement about some of the super-ficial joints, she was left with distinct elongation of the internal con-dyle of the femur, which caused the condition of knock-knee. As I ORIGIN A L: LA FER TE 493 did not feel that cutting the biceps and external lateral ligament ofthe knee would do any good, I proceeded to divide the lower end ofthe femur a little above the epiphyseal line, subperiosteally. For sec-tion of the femur an Adams saw was used, as I prefer that to a chiseland hammer. To remove the curve of the tibia an incision was madeover the point of greatest curve, the periosteum was opened, and atriangular piece of bone was removed from each tibia, when the legswere easily str
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