Meanwhile Charles became involved in Homais' attempt to cure a Boy of a clubfoot with a machine Charles had designed. 这时,查尔斯参与了霍梅的一次实验:使用他自己设计的一种机械装置来治疗一个孩子的畸形足。
Records of Molly's first few doctor visits as an infant show that she was" normal," though born with a clubfoot and a lazy eye. 莫莉婴儿期的医生检查记录显示:莫莉虽然有一条腿畸形,且有一只眼睛弱视,基本属于“正常婴儿”。
clubfoot
[ noun ] congenital deformity of the foot usually marked by a curled shape or twisted position of the ankle and heel and toes <noun.state>
Clubfoot \Club"foot\, n. [Club + foot.] (Med.) A short, variously distorted foot; also, the deformity, usually congenital, which such a foot exhibits; talipes.
Talipes \Tal"i*pes\, n. [NL., fr. L. talus an ankle + pes, pedis, a foot; cf. L. talipedare to be weak in the feet, properly, to walk on the ankles.] (Surg.) The deformity called {clubfoot}. See {Clubfoot}.
Note: Several varieties are distinguished; as, {Talipes varus}, in which the foot is drawn up and bent inward; {T. valgus}, in which the foot is bent outward; {T. equinus}, in which the sole faces backward and the patient walks upon the balls of the toes; and {T. calcaneus} (called also {talus}), in which the sole faces forward and the patient walks upon the heel.