A treatise on orthopedic surgery . gree, showing the involuntary crossingof the limbs in flexion. any kind that induces the familiar symptoms of strain shouldbe discontinued. As much time as possible should be spent inthe open air, and diet and proper remedies should be employedif evidence of constitutional weakness or rhachitis is presentas in early childhood. Locally, massage of the limbs and joints and forciblemanipulation, with the aim of overcoming as much of the re-striction of the range of abduction as may depend upon thesecondary changes in the soft parts, should be employed, rein-forc
A treatise on orthopedic surgery . gree, showing the involuntary crossingof the limbs in flexion. any kind that induces the familiar symptoms of strain shouldbe discontinued. As much time as possible should be spent inthe open air, and diet and proper remedies should be employedif evidence of constitutional weakness or rhachitis is presentas in early childhood. Locally, massage of the limbs and joints and forciblemanipulation, with the aim of overcoming as much of the re-striction of the range of abduction as may depend upon thesecondary changes in the soft parts, should be employed, rein-forced by regular gymnastic exercises, with the object of im-proving the circulation, upon which the repair of the weakenedbone depends. 582 ORTHOPEDIC SUBGEBY. If the affection is •unilateral, due, for example, to injury withbut slight deformity a perineal crutch (Fig. 271) or, if the cir-cumstances of the patient permit, one of the convalescent hipsplints that permits motion at the knee, may be used (Fig. 273). Fig. 387. Fig. Unilateral coxa vara, showiag the effectof sligHt depression of the neck of theleft femur upon the attitude. (See ) With support during the time ofgreatest strain—that is, when con-
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