A reference handbook of the medical sciences, embracing the entire range of scientific and practical medicine and allied science . Fig. Sol. —Bow Le^ of the GenuVarum \. Standpoint, ofsufficient impor-tance to merittreatment in allcases. It may be easilyovercome in in-fancy by syste-in a t i c manualcorrection. Itmay be pre-vented in rachiticchildren by theavoidance of at-titudes that in-duce the deform-it3, especiallystanding whenthe bones areweak. In theslight degree ofdeformity inwalking chOdren,the tendency to-ward distortionmay be counter-acted somewhatby making thesole of the shoe
A reference handbook of the medical sciences, embracing the entire range of scientific and practical medicine and allied science . Fig. Sol. —Bow Le^ of the GenuVarum \. Standpoint, ofsufficient impor-tance to merittreatment in allcases. It may be easilyovercome in in-fancy by syste-in a t i c manualcorrection. Itmay be pre-vented in rachiticchildren by theavoidance of at-titudes that in-duce the deform-it3, especiallystanding whenthe bones areweak. In theslight degree ofdeformity inwalking chOdren,the tendency to-ward distortionmay be counter-acted somewhatby making thesole of the shoeslightly thickeron the outer bor-der. If the de-formity is inoremarked, or if it isincreasing, or ifthe bones are ab-normally flexi-ble, a braceshould be ap-plied. This con-sists essentially ^~w — ? ?of a light bar ofsteel, reachingfrom the internal condyle of the ^v , t, t • ,., ,femur to the sole ^^ ^ n^T^ ^f%^ which the Principalof the shoe. This Distortion is Below the Knees. is sviitably padded at the points of pressure and isprovided with a laced band which is passed aroundthe limb at the point of greatest deformity, thus sup-porting it and exercisi
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