A memoir on the congenital club feet of children and on the mode of correcting that deformity / by Antonio Scarpa. Translated from the Italian by J. H. Wishart.

  • Scarpa, Antonio, 1752-1832.
Date:
1818
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Credit: A memoir on the congenital club feet of children and on the mode of correcting that deformity / by Antonio Scarpa. Translated from the Italian by J. H. Wishart. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by King’s College London. The original may be consulted at King’s College London.

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    merits, and of the shortened tibiales muscles, but likewise of overcoming it, and of causing, by means of this artificial force, the external margin of the foot to remain, to use the expression, as it were, suspended upon the ground. 3. As soon as the equilibrium between the muscles of the tibia and fibula is restored, to promote, by means of the com- bined action of these two classes of muscles, the direct flexion of the foot upon the tibia, so that, as soon as the great tension of the tendo A chillis, and of the muscles of the calf of the leg, is overcome, the posterior tuberosity of the os calcis may be depressed, and brought into a proper direction with the sole of the foot, and that the foot may thus regain its aptitude for performing the motions of flexion and extension. § 19. The artificial force for effecting the first indication of cure, in order to produce the desired effect, ought at first to be very moderate ; it should then be gradually increas- ed, but without occasioning pain, or any other sensible in- convenience to the little patients, and especially it must not prevent them standing on their feet, or walking. On this point, it is a fact well known to all scientific persons, that the soft parts of our bodies, particularly the muscles, tendons, and ligaments, are of such a nature, as to be capable of be- ing elongated beyond what any person, ignorant of these matters, could have imagined. This elongation may be effected without occasioning pain, or any considerable un- easiness, provided the distending force is applied so as to