Excerpt from Buffalo Medical and Surgical Journal, 1869, Vol. 8 Art. I. - The Causes of Congenital Clubfoot, with remarks upon the time for Operation. BY J. F. Miner, M. D. In my recent investigations upon the special surgery of deformi ties, I have collected some specimens and obtained some facts, which I hope may interest members of the profession at all curi ous in such matters; and am induced to write a hasty description of some of them on account of a practical value which I think they possess. In Speaking of congenital club-foot, almost all authors embody the sentiment, that its etiology has never yet been satisfactorily explained. The various theories concerning its causes are enumerated and the fallacy of all pointed out. Prof. 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.