Guest guest Posted August 12, 2005 Report Share Posted August 12, 2005 Hi , I know that clubfoot and its treatment was described by Hippocrates. If you do a search on clubfoot and his name you might come up with some good links. My dictionary says the term " clubfoot " originated in 1538 but doesn't say anything further about its etymology. here's a bit of other info I had on history/terms etc. • Clubfoot has been a recognized condition since the time of the ancient Egyptians, and the condition was independently described by Hippocrates and the Aztecs. • Despite knowing about the condition for many centuries, it is still considered idiopathic, which means that its cause is unknown. (The likely factors that contribute to its development are discussed below in the section, `What causes clubfoot?') here's a link to an article on history: Prog Pediatr Surg. 1986;20:215-37. Related Articles, Links Club-foot through the centuries. Strach EH. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi? cmd=Retrieve & db=PubMed & list_uids=3095875 & dopt=Abstract " The Latin word talipes was compounded from talus (ankle) + pes (foot) since, with a clubfoot, the foot is turned in sharply and the person seems to be walking on their ankle. Equino- indicates the heel is elevated (like a horse's) and -varus indicates it is turned inward. " " Background: Clubfoot, or talipes equinovarus, is a congenital deformity consisting of hindfoot equinus, hindfoot varus, and forefoot varus. The deformity was described as early as the time of Hippocrates. The term talipes is derived from a contraction of the Latin words for ankle, talus, and foot, pes. The term refers to the gait of severely affected patients, who walked on their ankles. " As far as other languages, off the top of my head I can think of klumpfuss, the German term. good luck! I'd be very interested to read what you end up with.. > I am researching the origin of the word clubfoot for something I'm writing. > > > So far I haven't been able to find a reliable explanation of how it was > originally named a clubfoot. It seems to have been around for a long time > though. Does anyone know? > > And I'm looking for translations in other languages that also mean > " clubfoot " , like " pied bot " in French, etc. > > And finally, any anecdotes about the history of clubfoot, clubfoot in > literature, etc also appreciated. > > One French site has quite a bit on that, but my schoolgirl French is taking > strain - I must try a translation programme. > > > > > > www.clubfoot.co.za <http://www.clubfoot.co.za/> > > > > > > Moss > > STEPS CHARITY > > <http://www.steps.org.za> www.steps.org.za > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 12, 2005 Report Share Posted August 12, 2005 I was told that the term " clubfoot " originated from the golf club. The foot is turned in and looks like a golf club. > I am researching the origin of the word clubfoot for something I'm writing. > > > So far I haven't been able to find a reliable explanation of how it was > originally named a clubfoot. It seems to have been around for a long time > though. Does anyone know? > > And I'm looking for translations in other languages that also mean > " clubfoot " , like " pied bot " in French, etc. > > And finally, any anecdotes about the history of clubfoot, clubfoot in > literature, etc also appreciated. > > One French site has quite a bit on that, but my schoolgirl French is taking > strain - I must try a translation programme. > > > > > > www.clubfoot.co.za <http://www.clubfoot.co.za/> > > > > > > Moss > > STEPS CHARITY > > <http://www.steps.org.za> www.steps.org.za > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 12, 2005 Report Share Posted August 12, 2005 I found this on a website about golf instruction: " Various authorities have credited any number of peoples- Celts, Romans, Huns or a band of leisure-loving Visigoths- with the invention of golf in its earliest form. But the story of golf instruction begins rightly in the medieval era (no later than 1353), when golfers adopted the principle of allowing each team to hit a second uninterrupted shot. " > > I am researching the origin of the word clubfoot for something I'm > writing. > > > > > > So far I haven't been able to find a reliable explanation of how > it was > > originally named a clubfoot. It seems to have been around for a > long time > > though. Does anyone know? > > > > And I'm looking for translations in other languages that also mean > > " clubfoot " , like " pied bot " in French, etc. > > > > And finally, any anecdotes about the history of clubfoot, clubfoot > in > > literature, etc also appreciated. > > > > One French site has quite a bit on that, but my schoolgirl French > is taking > > strain - I must try a translation programme. > > > > > > > > > > > > www.clubfoot.co.za <http://www.clubfoot.co.za/> > > > > > > > > > > > > Moss > > > > STEPS CHARITY > > > > <http://www.steps.org.za> www.steps.org.za > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 12, 2005 Report Share Posted August 12, 2005 Golf was invented early 1400s. So it is possible. Here's the link: http://www.golfing-scotland.com/history.asp#1 Kathleen > > I am researching the origin of the word clubfoot for something I'm > writing. > > > > > > So far I haven't been able to find a reliable explanation of how > it was > > originally named a clubfoot. It seems to have been around for a > long time > > though. Does anyone know? > > > > And I'm looking for translations in other languages that also mean > > " clubfoot " , like " pied bot " in French, etc. > > > > And finally, any anecdotes about the history of clubfoot, clubfoot > in > > literature, etc also appreciated. > > > > One French site has quite a bit on that, but my schoolgirl French > is taking > > strain - I must try a translation programme. > > > > > > > > > > > > www.clubfoot.co.za <http://www.clubfoot.co.za/> > > > > > > > > > > > > Moss > > > > STEPS CHARITY > > > > <http://www.steps.org.za> www.steps.org.za > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 12, 2005 Report Share Posted August 12, 2005 Here's another bit of info I found off of the MSN Encarta search on Golf... Some historians believe that golf originated in The Netherlands (the Dutch word kolf means " club " ), but the Romans had a game played with a bent stick and a ball made of feathers that may have been the original source of the game. It has been fairly well established, however, that the game that is known today was actually devised by the Scots in the 14th or 15th century. The game became so popular in Scotland that in order to keep people from playing golf when they should have been practicing archery, a military necessity, the ish parliament passed a special law in 1457. The ish people, however, largely ignored this and similar laws, and early in the 16th century IV, king of Scotland, took up the game of golf. His granddaughter , later , Queen of Scots, played the game in France, where she was raised. The young men who attended her on the golf links were known as cadets (pupils); the term was adopted later in Scotland and England and became caddie or caddy. (Caddies, once an integral feature of the game, have now been replaced on many courses by motorized carts and pull carts.) In England the game was made popular by the attention given it by VI of Scotland, later I of England, and his son I. In the 18th century the first golf associations were established. They included the Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers (founded 1744) in Edinburgh, Scotland; the Saint s Society of Golfers (1754) in Saint s, Scotland, which in 1834 took its present name, the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of Saint s; and the Royal Blackheath (1766), near London, England, where, according to tradition, golf was introduced to England in 1608. The first clubs established outside Britain were in India, at the Calcutta Golf Club of East India (1829) and the Royal Bombay Club (1842). The first golf club established in the Western Hemisphere was Canada's Royal Montréal Golf Club, founded in 1873. It is believed by some that golf was played in North America during the colonial period (17th and 18th centuries), but no documented proof of this has been advanced. In 1888 the Saint 's Golf Club of Yonkers, New York, was established. Most authorities agree that this is the oldest continuously existing golf club in the United States. Before 1913, golf in the United States was played chiefly by people of wealth. In 1913, however, after a former caddie from the United States named Francis Ouimet won a victory over two outstanding British professionals in the U.S. Open Championship tournament (open to amateurs and professionals), golf came to the attention of the broader American public. The popularity of the game in the United States and Britain reached great heights by the 1920s and steadily increased over the years, fostered by television coverage. In the United States alone, more than 16,000 golf courses serve more than 26 million people who play golf at least once a year. Golf is also growing in popularity in continental Europe, Canada, South Africa, Australia, Japan, and many other parts of the world. > > I am researching the origin of the word clubfoot for something I'm > writing. > > > > > > So far I haven't been able to find a reliable explanation of how > it was > > originally named a clubfoot. It seems to have been around for a > long time > > though. Does anyone know? > > > > And I'm looking for translations in other languages that also mean > > " clubfoot " , like " pied bot " in French, etc. > > > > And finally, any anecdotes about the history of clubfoot, clubfoot > in > > literature, etc also appreciated. > > > > One French site has quite a bit on that, but my schoolgirl French > is taking > > strain - I must try a translation programme. > > > > > > > > > > > > www.clubfoot.co.za <http://www.clubfoot.co.za/> > > > > > > > > > > > > Moss > > > > STEPS CHARITY > > > > <http://www.steps.org.za> www.steps.org.za > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 13, 2005 Report Share Posted August 13, 2005 , I always just figured that the name 'clubfoot' was a visually descriptive term of what the condition made the leg look like in days of old, or if untreated (a club). Do you know offhand what pied bot, pie zambo, klumpfuss, etc., literally translate to? Interesting how a euphemism hasn't taken hold, as it has for other archaic medical descriptors. (I know there's 'talipes', but somehow that seems too ... remote, Latin or ... something for me to get used to.) About that journal article.. I wonder if a library would be able to get a copy for you. Or contact the journal directly and pay for a copy. Good luck, > > > I am researching the origin of the word clubfoot for something > I'm > > writing. > > > > > > > > > So far I haven't been able to find a reliable explanation of how > > it was > > > originally named a clubfoot. It seems to have been around for a > > long time > > > though. Does anyone know? > > > > > > And I'm looking for translations in other languages that also > mean > > > " clubfoot " , like " pied bot " in French, etc. > > > > > > And finally, any anecdotes about the history of clubfoot, > clubfoot > > in > > > literature, etc also appreciated. > > > > > > One French site has quite a bit on that, but my schoolgirl > French > > is taking > > > strain - I must try a translation programme. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > www.clubfoot.co.za <http://www.clubfoot.co.za/> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Moss > > > > > > STEPS CHARITY > > > > > > <http://www.steps.org.za> www.steps.org.za > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 15, 2005 Report Share Posted August 15, 2005 , I found the reference at PubMed, which you can use to search for any medical article ever written. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=PubMed It says the article was published in " Progress in Pediatric Surgery " which we have here in our library at Wash U. I will walk over there this afternoon and look for it, if I can find it I can at least make you a photo copy. You may find the PubMed site helpful for your research as well, a lot of the journals have links directly to an article. I also have access to a lot of online journals just because I work at Wash U. so if there is something that has a link but you can't get to because you don't have a subscription let me know and I can see if it is something I can get for you. Hope this helps, > > I am researching the origin of the word clubfoot for something I'm > writing. > > > > > > So far I haven't been able to find a reliable explanation of how it > was > > originally named a clubfoot. It seems to have been around for a > long time > > though. Does anyone know? > > > > And I'm looking for translations in other languages that also mean > > " clubfoot " , like " pied bot " in French, etc. > > > > And finally, any anecdotes about the history of clubfoot, clubfoot > in > > literature, etc also appreciated. > > > > One French site has quite a bit on that, but my schoolgirl French > is taking > > strain - I must try a translation programme. > > > > > > > > > > > > www.clubfoot.co.za <http://www.clubfoot.co.za/> > > > > > > > > > > > > Moss > > > > STEPS CHARITY > > > > <http://www.steps.org.za> www.steps.org.za > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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