Excerpt from Deformities: A Textbook on Orthopedic Surgery During the writer's experience as a teacher he has felt the great necessity of a comprehensive work on Deformities. To produce a book with subjects systematically arranged, and with a clear and concise delineation; brief, yet sufficiently elaborate to cover the ground, has been the aim of the author in preparing this work. The book comprises many subjects not ordinarily included in works on orthopedic surgery. They have been incorporated here in order that the work should comprehend nearly all deformities that may be met with in general practice. The chapters that contain subjects that are of rare occurrence, and especially those in which treatment is of but little avail, are handled briefly, while those deformities which are of common occurrence are detailed at considerable length. The routine followed in writing of each deformity is as follows: Definition, Synonyms, Etiology, Morbid Anatomy or Pathology, Symptoms, Diagnosis, Prognosis and Treatment. Under treatment, much consideration has been given to the prevention of deformities, as well as to their correction. Medical treatment, the treatment by the use of mechanical appliances, and the operative treatment have received a careful delineation. Theoretical matter, and much technical matter, has been purposely omitted, and practical facts elucidated which are in accordance with the writers experience in practice. 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.