The American journal of the medical sciences (1827)
[Thorofare, N.J., etc.] Charles B. Slack [etc.] · leaf 106
Smith, Pseudarthrosis in both Bones of the Leg, [Jan. m to describe it, not from its novelty, but simply from its perfect adaptation to such cases — an adaptation which, it is thought, may be advantageously repeated in similar injuries, not only in the leg,*but also, when modified, in ununited… … rior deviation. The strap at F, tends to keep the apparatus in its place, and the shoe being made with stiff sides, supports the ankle. The foot being introduced into the shoe, and the straps all fastened, it will be found that the connecting bands at the top, by surrounding the limb, mainly sup-…
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