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The former is the method usually practised. Cessation 

 of movement given in this way is, as we have already said, 

 only partial ; for, while the effects of pressure and con- 



Fig. 91. — The Bearing 'eased' by Removal of the Wall. 



cussion from below are minimized, the crack is still able to 

 suffer from the movements of expansion and contraction 

 of the foot. Still, as an auxiliary to other treatments, 



Fig. 92. — The Bearing 'eased' by thinning the Web of 

 the Shoe. 



' easing ' of the wall under the affected part should always 

 be practised 



Figs. 91 and 92 show respectively the manner of ' easing ' 

 by removal of the wall, and by thinning the web of the 



