Flat-foot or splay-foot (valgus) / by Henry Holden.

  • Holden, Henry.
Date:
1905
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    What is Flat-foot? IN answering this enquiry, it is to be borne in mind that the word flat-foot is somewhat misleading, but for the sake of convenience we will adopt it* Flat-foot, so called, is the depression or dropping down of the inner side of the foot and of the infalling of the inner ankle. It is common to hear the arch of the foot spoken of, but it is by no means certain if the foot be an arch, and possibly that simile may be erroneous. Some distinguished anatomists have abandoned the arch theory as appertaining to the human foot.f Flat-foot is both a disease and a deformity. The group of bones lying in that part of the foot immediately under the leg and a little in front of that position, are kept in * ' Flat-foot is a term which might be dropped with advantage. I would suggest fixed adduclon of the foot.—W. Arbuthnot Lane, m.s., Clinical Journal, August 7th, 1895. The weak foot.—Royal Whitman, m.d., New York. Pronated foot.—Dr. Dane, American Orthopaedic Association. t It is an unfortunate thing that anatomists have employed the term 'arches' to the human foot.—W. Arbuthnot Lane, m.s., Clinical Journal, August 7th, 1895. By dismissing the artificial division into transverse and longitudinal arches, there is less temptation to strive to adapt the mechanism of the instep to that of an ordinary arch. It is, in fact, in no way comparable.—J. W. Walsham, m.r.c.s., Deformities of the Feet p. 6.