Important trifles in the treatment of congenital club-foot / by A.B. Judson.

  • Judson, Adoniram Brown, 1837-1916.
Date:
1896
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Important trifles in the treatment of congenital club-foot / by A.B. Judson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    o of the deformity, the anterior part of the foot, where counter- pressure is made, will in some cases surmount the top of the riser, .i^nless some way of keeping it down is adopted. I have found that it is not a bad plan to attach a buckle. Fig. i, F, to the under side of the tread and a srr. all piece of sticking plaster to the dorsum of the foot near the toes. The plaster is doubled and cut in such a way that it has a non-adhesive tail. Fig. 2, A, or handle, that may be passed through a window. Fig. I, D, or slit, cut in the foot-piece at the junction of the tread and the riser, and then buckled suitably tight to the Fifi. 1.—Under vie^7 of cluMoot brace. A riser, B lower surface of tread, I) window through which the adhesive strip passes to the buckle. Fig. 2.—A Non-adhesive tail, B adhesive portion, with facing partly removed, to be applied to dorsum of foot. buckle before mentioned as being attached to the under side of the tread. This is but another way of doing what is some- times done by bending toward the dorsum of the foot the up- per border of the riser, which is made higher for this pur- pose. Either method will scjcure the result. I have preferred the former because the use of these bits of adhesive plaster, with non-adhesive tails, enables one to make traction in differ- ent directions on different parts of the foot, thus imitating, though remotely, the action of the hand. It is in the experience of us all to wish that apparatus could be invented which would enable us to apply for long- periods the tractive and restraining forces, which are so easily applied for a short time by the hand.