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IT affords me the greatest pleasure to place before the British medical profession the facts as to what has been called cinematic amputation. I feel this all the more because I am thoroughly convinced of the enormous advance which the conception of cinematization will bring about in the treatment of disabled men, and believe that all that concerns this new current of ideas, as well as tlle store of facts related to them, ought to be placed at the disposal of the world at large. i1n briefly reviewing the fundamental theories of plastic motors, and pointing out the vast field thus thrown open to the activity of orthopaedic surgeons and mechanical engineers through the practical application of these theories, I venture to express the hope that our efforts may prove welcome to all those who have hitherto had no opportunity of studying this important scientific innovation. Whilst in Italy the tireless work of propaganda undertaken by Dr. Giuliano Vanghetti, the original exponent of these theories, has led to their full discussion and close study and to many experiments, and whilst both German and Austrian scientists have been actively working to obtain the most practical application of these same theories, the medical literature of France, England, and America contains very few, if any, allusions to thie subject. In the space at my disposal I must content myself with outlining thle fundamental principles upon which the theory is based, pointing out, as briefly as possible, the various ways it can be put into actual practice, and making a short statement as to the metlhod of operation and the results. The possibility of utilizing the functional resources of the stump so as to convey movement to the artificial limb was an idea that came to Dr. Vanghetti first in 1896, at the time of Italy's second expedition into Abyssinia, when soldiers that had been taken prisoners by the native forces iunder the Negus were cruelly tortured and mutilated. From that time onwards Dr. Vanghetti wrote and published innumerable articles, wherein he developed his theory on what lhe had now named "cinematic amputation." In them he described very fully the origin of his idea and the various methods by which it could be practically applied. Unfortunately for the speedy acceptance of this most novel and useful idea, Dr. Vanghetti, though his originality, cleverness, and ability are indisputable, is not a surgeon, but a physician, and for this reason was unable to put his theory into practice. He was therefore forced to resign himself to endless delays before he succeeded in convincing surgeons of the great value and practical possibilities of his theory and obtaining their co-operation, which was indispensable to any adequate test. This was the principal reason why, prior to the war, the cases of cinematic amputations did not number more than twenty.

THE UTILIZATION OF THE MUSCLES OF A STUMP TO ACTUATE ARTIFICIAL LIMBS: CINEMATIC AMPUTATIONS