Word: clubfooted
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
While washing his hands and singing a gay Neapolitan air, he stopped and remarked casually: "My father cut his throat," then went back to singing. Byron was word-perfect in his monster role before he was out of his teens. Henceforth, the clubfoot and the sensitive heart hid themselves in the disguise of a cold, cloven-hoofed devil. On his brow, at a moment's notice, would appear "that singular scowl" which caused one acquaintance to exclaim that he "had never seen a man with such a Cain-like mark on the forehead." A Pair of Stays. A Miss...
...Three Omaha orthopedists corrected a faulty diagnosis made more than 300 years ago. To illustrate a TV talk about bone disorders, they used a reproduction of José Ribera's masterpiece (original in the Louvre) titled Boy with a Clubfoot. The closer they looked, the more clearly they saw that the bright-faced teen-ager also had a deformed right hand. The canvas, they concluded, should be retitled: Boy with Cerebral Palsy...
...bougainvillea blossoms-or some other red flowers-are floating. When the child's attention is caught by the flowers, a relative squirts a mouthful of alcohol on the back of the child's neck, and the bruja claps a red cloth over its head. The treatment for clubfoot is simpler: the curandera rubs the afflicted foot with gourds filled with "magical" water containing wine and vinegar...