Annals of surgery . A CONTRIBUTION TO THE ANATOMY OF CONGENI-TAL EQUINO-VARUS. By HERBERT L. BURRELL, Ml). OF BOSTON. THE specimens which are illustrated in this article wereobtained from a child born at seven months, and whichlived for three or four hours. The)- were given me byDr. \V. X. Bullard. The right foot was normal. The left footwas in a position of moderate talipes equino-varus. The anteriorpart of the left foot could be corrected manually ; but the sole ofthe heel tended always to face inward. The axis of the foot wascurved, with the concavity inward. The plantar fascia was butsligh
Annals of surgery . A CONTRIBUTION TO THE ANATOMY OF CONGENI-TAL EQUINO-VARUS. By HERBERT L. BURRELL, Ml). OF BOSTON. THE specimens which are illustrated in this article wereobtained from a child born at seven months, and whichlived for three or four hours. The)- were given me byDr. \V. X. Bullard. The right foot was normal. The left footwas in a position of moderate talipes equino-varus. The anteriorpart of the left foot could be corrected manually ; but the sole ofthe heel tended always to face inward. The axis of the foot wascurved, with the concavity inward. The plantar fascia was butslightly contracted. Any attempt at correction of the deformity put the tendoAchillis, and the group of tendons lying behind the internal mal-leolus, viz., the flexor longus digitorum, flexor longus hallucis,and tibialis posticus, on the stretch. The skin over the tendons,as they crossed the inner border of the foot, was tense when thefoot was in a corrected position. Dissection.—The skin over the inner border of the f
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