. The surgical treatment of the common deformities of children . Fig, 24. -Rickety bandy-leg. If these cases are taken in hand early theywill often quickly get quite well by the simplestmeasures. The child must be absolutely de-barred from bearing its weight on the legs, butmust be encouraged to sprawl and kick abouton the floor or bed as much as possible. The legsand thighs should be douched with salt water andrubbed well, and while rubbing the nurse shouldwith moderate force endeavour to straighten thelimbs. The general indications for treatment mustof course be fulfilled. The child will alm
. The surgical treatment of the common deformities of children . Fig, 24. -Rickety bandy-leg. If these cases are taken in hand early theywill often quickly get quite well by the simplestmeasures. The child must be absolutely de-barred from bearing its weight on the legs, butmust be encouraged to sprawl and kick abouton the floor or bed as much as possible. The legsand thighs should be douched with salt water andrubbed well, and while rubbing the nurse shouldwith moderate force endeavour to straighten thelimbs. The general indications for treatment mustof course be fulfilled. The child will almost cer-tainly be the better for taking cod liver oil, and to :: The old-fashioned go-cart, now so rarely seen, is anadmirable arrangement in these cases. Management of simple ease. 88 CHILDRENS DEFORMITIES. its milk it will be wise to add some saccharatedlime water ; for though it may be doubtful if lime. Fig. 24a.—Rickety bandy-leg, side view. thus given corrects any distinct defect in nutrition,it certainly aids digestion. In all but the very simplest cases, however, itwill be necessary to give some more active encour-agement to the process of natural recovery than iseffected by the foregoing almost negative treatment,and in no other way can this be done so effectivelyas by the proper employment of simple wooden^mioie »flints splints. It is not very easy to say how these actmechanically to conduce to such favourable resultsas are known by experience to follow their employ-ment. Any actual coercion which they can exercisemust be extremely limited, and so far as the musclesare concerned the splints must hamper rather thanhelp their development. But they undoubtedlyprevent, as no other method of hobbling does sowell, the assumption of faulty attitudes of the lowerlimbs, and whenever it is desirable, as it usually isat the commencement of treatment, they may beso put on as to absolute
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