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Show MetatarealQ-ok Metatarsalgin, or fourth toe disease, has been tho subject of mnch scientific diEcnEsion. Many patients have been operated on, tho operation consisting oi tho removal of a portion of tho bono of tho toe, which had become highly inflamed. in-flamed. A new form of treatment is that of shaping tho shoe that tho weight will not come directly upon tho ball of thb foot, but slightly back of tho ball, nn3 this is secured bv making tho ankle and instep close fitting and tho toe and bail very broad and easy. One physician advises that a depression bo made in tha solo of tho shoe just beneath tha fourth toe, so that thero shall bo no pressure from any direction. This works well in some cases, but in others tho snrgical remedy is tho only successful ona--New York Ledger. |