Orthez
a town in the French department of Basses-Pyrénées, on the bank of the Gave de Pau, 41 miles E. of Bayonne. The "Tower of Moncade" (1240), the stately castle of the counts of Foix, which Froissart visited in 1388, was reduced to a ruin by Richelieu. peutic or curative. The object of the former is to prevent deformities in infants, and is obtained by hygienic means, such as pure air, careful nursing, and suitable food, clothing, and exercise; that of the latter is to correct deformities already existing by mechanical treatment.