Essentials of surgery : together with a full description of the handkerchief and roller bandage. Arranged in the form of questions and answers prepared especially for students of medicine / by Edward Martin.

  • Edward Martin
Date:
1890
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Credit: Essentials of surgery : together with a full description of the handkerchief and roller bandage. Arranged in the form of questions and answers prepared especially for students of medicine / by Edward Martin. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    qLUB-FOOT. Describe the common forms of club-foot. 1. Talipes varus. The sole of the foot looks inward. This is the commonest congenital form (usually equino-varus); when it affects both feet it is frequently associated with spina bifida. Cause. Contraction of tibiahs anticus and posticus, muscles of the calf, and the plantar fascia. Treat7nent. Division of all re- sisting tissues. 2. Talipes equinus. The heel is raised. Cause. Contraction of gastrocnemius and soleus, or paralysis of the opposing mus- cles. Treatment. Division of tendo Achillis. 3. Talipes valgus. The foot is everted. Caused by long-con- tinued standing, or anything tending to obliterate the plantar arch; the ]3eronei muscles subsequently contract. Treatment. Friction, support to the arch of the foot, and section of peronei tendons, if necessary. 4. Talipes calcaneus. The toes are raised by the extensors. Causes. Contraction of the anterior muscles, or paralysis of those of the calf. Treatment. Section of the tibialis anticus, extensor longus poUicis, extensor longus digitorum, peroneus tertius. There may be a combination of distortions, constituting equmo- varus, calcaneo-varuSj etc.