A new operation for arthroplasty of the hip based on biomechanics, photoelasticity, fast-setting dental acrylic, and other considerations.

The following article on total hip arthroplasty was published in the Bulletin over 40 years ago. Even today it is a frequently cited paper because of its review of the contemporary prosthesis designs of the time as well as the new materials the author advocates and the methods he employed for the analysis of weight-bearing stresses on the prosthetics. Certainly a great deal of progress has been made in total hip arthroplasty since this paper was originally published. However, the article is reprinted here exactly as it first appeared in the hope that you will find it valuable as both a reminder of our surgical heritage as well as its insights into the direction in which we are heading.