The Influence of Growth on Congenital and Acquired Deformities (Classic Reprint) - Tapa blanda

Excerpt from The Influence of Growth on Congenital and Acquired Deformities

I venture to present to the reader a new volume on orthopaedic subjects, not because there is any lack of excellent systems and text-books, but rather to emphasize what seems to lie at the base of practice in this specialty, the fact that prevention and cure are to be lound in so managing a case and equipping a patient that natural growth will be the principal factor in recovery. Mr. Hilton said: Repair is but the repetition of growth. The same elements, the same kindred conditions are necessary to the same results. This view is far from including all there is in orthopaedic practice, but the thought thus ex pressed should temper the consideration of all pro cedures, whether operative or mechanical, which have for their object the removal of deformity.

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Excerpt from The Influence of Growth on Congenital and Acquired Deformities

The original intention of writing a paper which should call attention to the influence of growth has led to the preparation of this book. Certain features have been included which, although not entirely novel in themselves, are yet presented in a new light which gives them importance as matters that will repay close attention in practice. Among the subjects thus treated are: the application of the weight of the body for the reduction of club-foot, the use of the equine position of the foot to increase the length of a shortened limb, the adoption of symmetrical movements and correct rhythm for removing deformity and excluding lameness, and the manner in which misleading tumors are produced by the rotation of lateral curvature. It is difficult to overlook entirely the element of growth when patients are with few exceptions children, and in view of the fact that the word orthopaedic is derived from two Greek words carrying the ideas of straightness and juvenile development.

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Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com

This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.