Hagerstown, Maryland: W. F. Prior Company, Inc., 1942. Presumed First, Thus. Hardcover. [2], 229, [1], 4 pages. Includes occasional footnotes and detailed pictures. Some discoloration inside boards, and inside rear cover. Cover shows front edge moisture damage. Some page front edge rippling noted. Topics covered include Indications, Saw Line, Operations, Upper Extremity, Hand, Middle Phalanx, Metacarpophalangeal Joint, Forearm, Arm, Elbow Joint, Arm, Shoulder, Amputation, Lower Extremity, Foot, Leg, Thigh, Femur, Hip Joint, Skin Incision, Postoperative Treatment, Secondary Operations, Preparation for Prosthesis, After Care, Disability Produced by Amputations, Upper Extremity, Instruction in Use of Prosthesis, Materials, Artificial Hands and Tools, Types of American Prostheses. Intensive study of amputations from the prosthetic as well as the surgical standpoint was necessitated by World War 2, when the number of the amputated totaled a half million cases for all the nations engaged. Entering the war late, the United States profited by the surgical experience of U.S. allies in the study and practice of surgical methods. As a result, the fitting of the stump with its prosthesis and the return of the amputee' to society as an asset were accomplished, and marked progress in surgical methods were made. Contact between prosthetist and surgeon resulted in improved surgery and prosthesis, to the end that thousands were enabled to resume activity in the world at peace. More