In order that the patient may walk well the scar should be dorsal and should not be tense.
We consider that the difficulty of maintaining equilibrium after removal of the head of the first metatarsal, or even of the whole of this metatarsal bone, has been much exaggerated.
Removal of a marginal metatarsal bone (either alone or with its neighbour), tends to make the foot tilt into varus or valgus; so that the boot needs to be stiffened and the sole thickened to avoid this.
CHAPTER VII
ARTIFICIAL LIMBS FOR AMPUTATION THROUGH THE FOREARM
The constituent parts of an artificial arm are the same in principle as for those of an artificial leg, they are—
1. A means of attachment preventing the appliance from dropping as the result of its weight.
2. A socket, fitted to the stump and articulated with the last named at the elbow.