British medical journal . Pig. 1.—Guillotine amputatiou of thi^b, ehowiug extremeretraction. The patient was admitted under the writer scare to the 3rd London General Hospital several weeks afterthe primary operation in France. A plaster extension wouldprobably bave prevented much of the retraction. Fig. 2.—Complete healing o: a flapless amputation. Note the closeadhesion of the skin to the bone at the end of the stump. Asecondary operation was necessary. Photographs kindly lent byMr. Edred M. Corner, under whose care the case was admitted at theKing George

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