A manual of modern surgery : an exposition of the accepted doctrines and approved operative procedures of the present time, for the use of students and practitioners . aneus. Pes calcaneus is another form of club-foot which is not commonlycongenital, and, like pes equinus, is quite often due to infantile paral-50 786 OR THOPJEDIC S UR GER Y. ysis of the muscles antagonistic to those producing the calcaneus is treated by tenotomy of the displacing muscles, short-ening of the tendon of Achilles by cutting out a portion, or by appa-ratus so arranged as to pull up the heel. Rubber ba
A manual of modern surgery : an exposition of the accepted doctrines and approved operative procedures of the present time, for the use of students and practitioners . aneus. Pes calcaneus is another form of club-foot which is not commonlycongenital, and, like pes equinus, is quite often due to infantile paral-50 786 OR THOPJEDIC S UR GER Y. ysis of the muscles antagonistic to those producing the calcaneus is treated by tenotomy of the displacing muscles, short-ening of the tendon of Achilles by cutting out a portion, or by appa-ratus so arranged as to pull up the heel. Rubber bands are utilizedin this as in other forms of club-foot. Pes Planus. Pes planus, or flat-foot, is a flattened sole, due to obliteration ofthe normal arch of the instep. This form of club-foot is well demon-strated by covering the sole with shoe blacking and having the patienttread upon a piece of white paper. The imprint of the foot showsthe entire foot coming in contact with the floor ; this is a good diagnos-tic symptom of the existence of the deformity. In the normal footit is simply the heel, outer edge and the toes that touch the ground. Fig. 443. Fig.
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