Excerpt from A Treatise on the Nature of Club-Foot and Analogous Distortions: Including Their Treatment Both With and Without Surgical Operation, Illustrated by a Series of Cases and Numerous Practical Instructions The non-existence of any work in the English language on the treatment of Club-foot and analogous distortions by division of tendons, may perhaps plead the apology for the appearance of this Treatise. The importance of the subject has been rapidly engrossing the attention of the profession, from the valuable publications of Stromeyer, the numerous reports of the labours of other surgeons which have appeared in the continental periodicals, the recent discussions in the medical societies of this metropolis, and more particularly from the announcement in our medical journals of several successful cases treated by this method. Having in January 1837 published a Dissertation on this subject, and having since possessed ample opportunities of confirming the accuracy of nearly the whole of the opinions then entertained, I venture to hope that this work will be useful in promoting the study and improving the treatment of a class of affections which, until within the last three years, has been to a considerable extent confined to the care of the instrument-maker. About the Publisher 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.