Congenital luxation of the femora, when it appears in adult women is a prominent factor in dystocia.

There is a dislocation found at birth, or occurring shortly after, due to dropsy of the joint in utero; and another form due to succeeding paralysis of groups of muscles about the joint.
The interesting instances of major amputations are so numerous and so well known as to need no comment here.

Amputation of the hip with recovery is fast becoming an ordinary operation; at Westminster Hospital in London, there is preserved the right humerus and scapula, presenting an enormous bulk, which was removed by amputation at the shoulder-joint, for a large lymphosarcoma growing just above the clavicle.

The patient was a man of twenty-two, and made a good recovery.

Another similar preparation is to be seen in London at St.
Bartholomew's Hospital.
Simultaneous, synchronous, or consecutive amputations of all the limbs have been repeatedly performed.