Deformities caused by Disease
The most difficult deformities to deal with are naturally those which have been the result of some disease like infantile paralysis or tuberculosis. Some of these could be corrected if taken in time, but, when the deformity has persisted, and the whole process of growth has been adjusted to it, the process of correcting the difficulty through exercise is slow, and in some cases only partial correction is possible. Paralysis may be corrected, in whole or in part, if the nerve centers in the affected part are not entirely dead. Exercise, carefully prescribed and scrupulously and patiently continued, will sometimes stimulate the dormant nerve centers, especially if these exercises are begun as soon as possible after the de¬formity appears.