Deformities, congenital multiple, arms and legs : femurs deficient / by De Forest Willard.

  • Willard, De Forest, 1846-1910.
Date:
1900
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Credit: Deformities, congenital multiple, arms and legs : femurs deficient / by De Forest Willard. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    Locomotion in the upright position was so difficult that he pro- gressed much easier on all-fours, and usually went either on a gal- lop or trot, his strong arms and body enabling him by this method to move quite rapidly. When he was in haste he either trotted upon all-fours, or, inverting his body, would run upon his hands. (Fig. 4.) His arms were unusually developed, and with his light lower extremities he could walk upon his hands, with his body in Fig. 5. Congenital deficiency of legs. Child able to run upon its hands, with body in the horizontal position and with legs elevated from floor. the horizontal position ; could even in this posture lower himself slowly to the ground and raise himself—a feat which would be impossible even to an acrobat. (Fig. 5.) Of course, operative measures could not increase the length of the femurs, but their flexion upon the pelvis was overcome by open section of the tensor vaginae femoris and rectus muscles upon either side. An osteotomy through the middle third of the anterior curve of the left tibia was performed, which, together with tenotomy of