BURSAL • FREE-TRANSLATOR.COM • Definition of Bursal

... dorsiflexed position, under anaesthesia, and fixing it with a plaster-of-Paris bandage; or, when this is impossible, by excising the articular end of the metatarsal bone and interposing a layer of fatty or bursal tissue between the distal end of the metatarsal and the base of the first phalanx. When these measures are impracticable, the suffering may be relieved by inserting in the boot a rigid metal plate which will prevent any attempt at dorsiflexion ...

— Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. • Alexander Miles