Engineering:Scarpa's shoe

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Scarpa's shoe was an 18th-century mechanical device developed to treat clubfoot. It never became widely accepted.[1][2][3][4][5] It was designed by Antonio Scarpa, an Italian anatomist and surgeon.[3]

References

  1. Dobbs, Matthew B; Morcuende, José A; Gurnett, Christina A; Ponseti, Ignacio V (2000). "Treatment of Idiopathic Clubfoot". The Iowa Orthopaedic Journal 20: 59–64. ISSN 1541-5457. PMID 10934626. 
  2. Krauss, Gustavus (1839) (in en). London Medical Gazette: Or, Journal of Practical Medicine. pp. 345. https://books.google.com/books?id=3qTbHgn2MZ4C&dq=scarpa%27s+shoe&pg=PA345. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 Rinzler, Carol Ann (2013-05-03). "Cruel and unusual cures" (in en). Leonardo's Foot: How 10 Toes, 52 Bones, and 66 Muscles Shaped the Human World. Bellevue Literary Press. ISBN 9781934137635. https://books.google.com/books?id=8d-hDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT56. 
  4. (in en) The Lancet. J. Onwhyn. 1837. https://books.google.com/books?id=4zZPAAAAYAAJ&dq=scarpa%27s+shoe&pg=PA590. 
  5. Co, George Tiemann & (1989) (in en). American Armamentarium Chirurgicum. Norman Publishing. ISBN 9780930405236. https://books.google.com/books?id=c4TujPYC16oC&pg=PA737.