Show TUBERCULOSIS TREATMENT System tor for Carin for Diseased Femur IN Is Discussed t A system stem of oC treatment for tor tuberculosIs tuberculosis losis of the femur lemur or 01 thigh bone em em- employed by Dr I T. T W V. Huntington of or San Francisco chief surgeon of the Western West West- Western ern Pacific was de described by Dr HuntIngton Hunt Hunt- Ington to tho the staff of ot St. St Marks hospital hos hos- pital at a meeting last ast night Tho The ordinary treatment for tor such a diseased con condition consists of forcible extension of ot the tho joint till the tha head is drawn from the soc socket et The patient Is then forced forcer to remain In bed for about six months and anel does docs not regain ros-aln full Cull use of his limb for tor from Crom one Ono to ten years ears Dr Huntington In description of or hi his new ne method said that the bone should first be laid hare bare an incision then made into the thc bone near the joint and the time tubercular matter scraped out Dr stated that the patient w wn was as usually able to leave lea his bed In about three months and had haa almost Immediate Imme Imme- diate use ule oC ot his limbs |