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Title: Albany medical annals
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: Medical Society of the County of Albany (N.Y.) Albany Medical College. Alumni Association
Subjects: Medicine
Publisher: Albany, N.Y. : Burdick & Taylor
Contributing Library: The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Historical Medical Library
Digitizing Sponsor: The College of Physicians of Philadelphia and the National Endowment for the Humanities

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correct the tendency to pronation is tohave the patient walk along two boards set up at an angle ofi6o°-i65°. The treatment of flat-foot is popularly associated with the useof a support or brace. The supports and braces in use vary froma simple pad of felt placed beneath the arch to a complicated con-structed apparatus surrounding the foot and extending up theleg. Townsend has written an excellent article on The Abuseof Fiat-Foot Supports. He calls attention to the fact that whenflat-foot does exist it does not necessarily follow that a braceshould be used. Slight degrees of trouble may not need a sup-port, while severe degrees may require operative interference.Extreme spasm, deformity or an inflammatory condition are con-traindications for the use of a brace. One would as soon thinkof treating a case of rigid flat-foot with a brace as of putting a To Illustrate Dr. Berrys Article on The Flat-Foot Series on Disabilities andDeformities of the Foot. Albany Medical Annals, April, igo6
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Plate I Foot imprints of six cases are shown illustrating three types of feet. The first two im-prints A. and B. are island imprints.Imprint A. is from a foot without pain.Imprint B. is from a very painful foot.Imprints C. and D. represent a second type of foot.Imprint C. is from a foot without pain. Imprint D. is from a painful foot. Imprints E. and F. represent a third type of foot in which there is almoBt completeobliteration of the longitudinal arches under weight bearing.Imprint E. is from a foot without pain.Imprint F. is from a painful foot. J. M. BERRY 259 dislocated shoulder in splints without first reducing the dis-location. Different cases require different treatment. Quoting from Townsends article: The valgus or abduc-tion must be overcome, the weakened structures must be strength-ened, the free and normal motion of the foot must be restored,the deformity overcome, the patient made to walk as patientswith normal feet should walk, and the application of a supportsimply inte

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