Foor. 
he are fituated in the fole, and run from behind for- 
ward, become Soabdcratle fhorvened, fo that the toes bend 
on every attempt to put the foot in a ftraight pofition. 
That the peronei mufcles bale be confiderably on the 
ftretch muft be manifeft to e dy. 
Camper thought the a of the leg’s being emaciated 
quite inexplicable, as there is no defeé& in the 
effure operating 
neither move sheie ae: nor their knee-joints, but bring 
their feet forward in a circular manner, with {tiff knees and 
a limping gait. The = are not approximated in walking, 
vand the thigh and knee become confiderably turned out- 
mper has imputed the — onal cau of a a 
Gon e want of room in the uterus. owever, 
thors maintain, that this caufe is by no means -ablifhed, 
‘fince, during the five firit months of geftation, the child 
can move very freely in the womb, and as there is even at 
a later .period no particular deficiency of fpace. Ot 
authors have conceived that a more likely c caufe _is the 
foot’s being propelled by fome incident or another into-a 
preternatural pot ition in the womb, and remaining in {uch 
; ae veree 
_ Itis ‘curious towers (if what tome writers allege be 
tiue), th tithe club-foot fhould occafionally prevail in par- 
ticular families, and feem to be an hereditary affeCtion. 
The : deformity may alfo come on after birth, when 
renee either from inclination, or in co onfequence of ulcers 
en the fole, accuftom themfelves to tread upon the outer 
edge of the a 
oO 
bas 
“he cure ealy of punt aparuen the 
younger the child is, and hee it is arule to be the 
areas at an earl riod. The afflition, ete has 
been. ved in cules: thirteen years of age. 
indication in the treatment is to make the con- - 
ae tendons, fafcie, and mufcles fupple again, Sur- 
to be 
They. alfo ‘advife ie foot co be rubbed with oleaginous 
‘senile or in warm cae on io _ 
fame. iGtions are as upw as 
the ham, aaa the limb i is likewife > a bathed to a ex- 
ent. 
After ‘keeping ea ae immerfed for a certain time, an 
endeavour is-to be € to ftraighten it, and bring it more 
into a natural polition This trial is to be repeated 
 feveral times in the courfe of the day, and particular care 
mutt be taken to deprefs the heel. 
- It is to be underftood that the attempts are to be made 
‘with great care and perfeverance, and that the child muft 
a cia prohibited tr om. putting the affected foot to the 
: Oise having. mecoude to the employment of machin 
| for the purpofe eeping the foot in the defired polition, 
oie 0 
‘it is dues worth while to try what fimple bandages will 
4 
unétions of 
- foot behind. 
-is worn and watte 
effet ; for machines can ortly be ufed on fuch children ag 
are fomewhat advanced in life, and the deformity is inva- 
riably the more eafy of removal, the fewer years the patient 
has attained. 
Pics furgeons advile the ufe of a bandage applied all 
ver the part, and compo ed of a fine tow e of 
on the middle of the inftep, fo ag that the bandage may 
rongly draw the toes outward and upward, and thus. 
lower the heel. 
Some degree of benefit may be expec d from the ule of 
this kind of bandage in all thofe-cafes in which the diftor. 
a is not too confiderable ; 3 and the os calcis not too muck 
up: 
Des care at length makes all thefe defects dipper. 
The toes muft always be kept inclined outward, and the 
child muft be taught to bend its knee without elevating the 
oO 
— 
At latt, ‘the young patient fhould - wear half-boots, the 
outer edge of which muft be higher than the inner one 
They are alfo to be made without heels 
ith regard to sree we fhall only obferve that fome 
practitioners confine the foo 
and a a wheel fixed by a pen for the pur- 
pl ng t the toes turned outward. 
he eels aati of fuch setae are, that when the 
machines do not allow room for the ankle to move, the 
joint becomes tif and that when there is room, a due de- 
Mr. She Idrake hae i inge- 
atu 8 with i e: 
ates i Knochen, Tubingen, 1798. Sheldrake on 
the Club- 
Foer, Fradure of. See FRACTURE. 
Foot, Luxation of. See Ne 
i sound ofa horfe? 8 eB 
oof. The fon 
oot, to denote-the right foot b 
foot, the ttirrup- on and the bridle hand-foot,’ to denote 
the left foot befor 
Of the two hinder cpa ian right i is called the far hindees 
foot ; and when ufed 
foot, becaufe in ics the ene the focke 
the right hinder:foot. The left hind = is called the near 
See Veterinary ANAT 
oor-derobé. A horfe’s foot has his eopalktes whens it 
d by going without cay fo that for want 
A horfe’s foot is faid to be worn | walted, called in 
Frencli u/é, when he has ref little hoof, and not. eno ough 
for fhoeing. 
Foor, éo gall upon a gaod, oy put a horfe upon a goad 
“foot, 
