. The diseases of children : medical and surgical. teral liga-ments or osteotomy. Videalso Metatarsalgia, Hallux valgus andother deviations of the toesare rarely serious in chil-dren, and are usually amen-able to treatment by splints,or wearing of boots and socks with stalls for the toes. So-called toe-postboots are very useful for these cases. It must be remembered that some of these patients with distorted Hmbsare cases of cerebral deficiency, and for them of course little can be done. Cong;enital Dislocations, so called, of almost any joint may be met with :thus the temporo-maxillary
. The diseases of children : medical and surgical. teral liga-ments or osteotomy. Videalso Metatarsalgia, Hallux valgus andother deviations of the toesare rarely serious in chil-dren, and are usually amen-able to treatment by splints,or wearing of boots and socks with stalls for the toes. So-called toe-postboots are very useful for these cases. It must be remembered that some of these patients with distorted Hmbsare cases of cerebral deficiency, and for them of course little can be done. Cong;enital Dislocations, so called, of almost any joint may be met with :thus the temporo-maxillary, elbow, and wrist joints, the joints of the spine, toes,&c., have been found displaced, though such deformities are by far most fre-quently met with in the hip. These conditions have been variously explained:injury i7i utero or at birth, intra-uterine inflammations, convulsions, pressure,nervous, bony, and muscular lesions have all been assigned, as in club-foot, ascauses of congenital dislocations. It is most probable that, as in club-foot,. g. 189.—Abnormal position in utero, causing genu recur-vatum and talipes calcaneus, &c., from sketch by the lateMr. C. F. Sutton. 1 Adams, Lancet, December 13,August 1891, also i8qi ; and Andersons Lectures, Lancet, PLATE IV.
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