A treatise on orthopedic surgery . Showing the progressive reduction of deformity. Fig. 565 shows the ordi-nary attitude of the neglected club-foot in childhood with the adjustment of thebrace, it being bent to accommodate the deformity. Fig. 566 shows additionaldetails—an upright spur, useful in holding the heel and for the attachment ofstraps ; the spur of sheet brass that may be bent over the great toe to hold it inposition. Fig. 567 shows other details in the method of attachment, a strip ofadhesive plaster,- with two tails in the place of the band of webbing. This aidsin fixing the heel.
A treatise on orthopedic surgery . Showing the progressive reduction of deformity. Fig. 565 shows the ordi-nary attitude of the neglected club-foot in childhood with the adjustment of thebrace, it being bent to accommodate the deformity. Fig. 566 shows additionaldetails—an upright spur, useful in holding the heel and for the attachment ofstraps ; the spur of sheet brass that may be bent over the great toe to hold it inposition. Fig. 567 shows other details in the method of attachment, a strip ofadhesive plaster,- with two tails in the place of the band of webbing. This aidsin fixing the heel. (See Figs. 568 and 569.) If efficient mechanical treatment is applied at the proper time—that is to say, in earliest infancy—no operation other thandivision of the tendo Achillis will be required. If the deformity is not corrected or is but partially corrected 838 OETEOPEDIC SUEGEBY. when the child begins to walk, some form of operation is, as arule, indicated; but division of the resistant tissues must alwaysbe combined wit
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