On the Advantages of an Amputation through the Thigh, Either as a Preliminary Operation to, or, in Some Cases,Instead of, Amputation Through the Hip, Where the Hip-Joint is Itself Diseased and the Patient in Very Bad Condition

To illustrate what I have to say, it will be best to take one of the cases in which this mode of treatment was carried out.But it should perhaps be premised that the mode of treatment suggested is only to be used where all other ordinary methods have failed.Thus it is not meant to take the place of the ordinary treatment of hip-joint disease by prolonged rest, by erasion, or excision.It is, however, meant as an alternative mode of treatment to amputation at the hip-joint, where excision has been tried and has failed, or where the patient's serious I For much kind assistance in looking up these cases I am indebted to Mr.