A practical manual of the treatment of club-foot / by Lewis A. Sayre.

  • Lewis Sayre
Date:
1875
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A practical manual of the treatment of club-foot / by Lewis A. Sayre. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    sum mixed with water; others, to fill the meshes of a loosely-woven cotton roller bandage with the dry powder, and to moisten it after it has been ap- plied ; and others, again, to make from woollen or cotton cloth a covering to fit the leg, and to ap- ply to this the plaster.] These varieties are, how- ever, immaterial; the property which gypsum pos- sesses of setting when wetted, is the essential one to bring into operation. The objections to this plan are, the weight of the dressing, the im- possibility of inspecting the limb, and of apply- ing to it friction, electricity, etc., as before men- tioned. Again, splints of sole-leather and gutta-percha have been recommended as a plan of treatment. A pattern is fitted to the limb held in the posi- tion desired. The leather or gutta-percha is sof- tened by immersion in water (if the former is used, cold water is necessary, as hot water shriv- els it; if the latter, boiling water is necessary to warm the material); it is then moulded to the foot. After which the foot is gradually and slowly forced around into its natural position, and firmly held there while the leg part of the splint is moulded to the limb above and secured by the continuation of the roller, and carefully held in the required posi- tion until the splint is hardened.