The 20919 HAHNEMANNIAN Monthly VOLUME FIFTY-THREE JANUARY TO DECEMBER 1918 EDITED BY G. HARLAN WELLS, M. D. State Society Editor, RALPH BERNSTEIN, M. D. PHILADELPHIA, 1918 THE STON MEDIC APR 6 LIBRARY HAHNEMANNIAN MONTHLY. JANUARY, 1918 Transactions of the Homoeopathic Medical Society of the State of Pennsylvania. FIFTY-FOURTH ANNUAL SESSION THE RECOGNITION AND TREATMENT OF FLAT-FOOT. BY JOHN A. BROOKE, M.D., PHILADELPHIA, PA. FLAT-FOOT, weak foot or foot strain as a cause of pain in the lower extremities or even in the back is often overlooked. The pain in the feet and legs is usually classed in that rather vague term rheumatism. It is true that foot strain does sometimes favor a mild or a subacute arthritis and synovitis but this is not generally the case. The rather indifferent attitude taken by the average doctor toward these cases and his none to careful way of prescribing for them is responsible for the thousand and one arch supporters and other devices so extensively advertised for the magic relief of flat-foot. If there is a distinct flat-foot, a condition that is not very painful or a pronation of the foot, the deformity is recognized and directions given to go somewhere and get a pair of arch supporters, without much thought as to the condition present or what is needed to correct it. It is about as reasonable to expect good results from glasses furnished by the average jeweler or peddler in glasses for VOL. LIII.—1 |