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In some they were associated with defects of development in the lower extremities also. The varieties of club-foot--talipes varus, valgus, equinus, equino-varus, etc .-- are so well known that they will be passed with mention only of a few persons who have been noted for their activity despite their deformity.
Tyrtee, Parini, Byron, and Scott are among the poets who were club-footed; some writers say that Shakespeare suffered in a slight degree from this deformity.
Agesilas, Genserie, Robert II, Duke of Normandy, Henry II, Emperor of the West, Otto II, Duke of Brunswick, Charles II, King of Naples, and Tamerlane were victims of deformed feet.Mlle.
Valliere, the mistress of Louis XIV, was supposed to have both club-foot and hip-disease.
Genu valgum and genu varum are ordinary deformities and quite common in all classes. Transpositions of the character of the vertebrae are sometimes seen.
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