Show LEG AMPUTATED hoy moore aged fifteen son of calvin moore of castle valley was brought several days ago to provo for examination and treatment after separate examination by drs W K pike M H hardy and F H simmons the three surgeons met the patient with the father and announced their diagnosis aa an esplain ine the gravity of the situation and possible results all parties agreeing thursday morning the ad dinst was set for the operation after dittoing Ditt the patient under ether an exploratory incision was made to determine the possibility or impossibility of savins the limb hut the dreaded being revealed there was no alternative but to disarticulate the knee joint the extreme of the morbid growth retarded somewhat the operation but being skillfully completed the patient rallied arm the shock more quickly and completely than could have ben expected and at last reports was doing well the morbid growth commonly called a bony tumor involved the entire upper half of the left fibula encroaching upon the head of the tibia and measured about five and one half inches in diameter and seven and one half inches in the direction of the shaft |