A treatise on orthopedic surgery . ildren and thus preventing de-formity. The inspection of childrens feet shows that atrophyand compression begin at a very early age, and if protectioncould be assured during the period of rapid growth, serious dis-tortion might be prevented. Socks.—Although of far less importance than the shoes, thesocks worn by children deserve special mention as a factor indeformity, since they are often too short and too narrow and aremade of unyielding material, so that the proper action of the toesis restrained. The socks, like the shoes, should be rights andlefts, but a
A treatise on orthopedic surgery . ildren and thus preventing de-formity. The inspection of childrens feet shows that atrophyand compression begin at a very early age, and if protectioncould be assured during the period of rapid growth, serious dis-tortion might be prevented. Socks.—Although of far less importance than the shoes, thesocks worn by children deserve special mention as a factor indeformity, since they are often too short and too narrow and aremade of unyielding material, so that the proper action of the toesis restrained. The socks, like the shoes, should be rights andlefts, but as these are not in common use one must select thosesufficiently large and of a yielding texture. CHAPTER XXII. DEFOEMITIES OF THE Ijst the preceding chapters the disabilities of the foot, of whichthe symptoms were of greater importance than actual deformity,have been described. One now passes to the consideration ofthe congenital and acquired disabilities, of which deformity isthe most noticeable feature. Fig. Paralytic equinus. Kecoveiy from paralysis, but deformity persists. Distortions of the foot are, practically, fixed positions innormal attitudes or what are exaggerations of normal attitudes;in other words, the ordinary deformities can be voluntarilysimulated, and the centres of motion, at which the foot is de-formed, are the centres of normal motion. If the foot has beenfixed in the abnormal attitude during the period of formationand rapid growth, or if it has been used for any length of time50 785 786 OETHOPEDIC SUBGEEY. in the abnormal position, tlie deformity becomes exaggeratedbeyond the possibility of imitation, and secondary variations inits shape, size, and nutrition follow. The deformities of the foot are grouped under the genericname of talipes, derived from talus (ankle) and pes (foot),signifying, therefore, a form of deformity in which the patientwalks upon his ankles. Talipes was thus originally synonymouswith the popular term club-foot,
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