Show Jewitt Nail Helps Cure Shattered Hip Surgeons Are Told of Success With New Device Badly CHICAGO Badly shattered hip joints ot of elderly people mend faster and saler with a new steel device known as the Jewitt nail American Academy ot of Orthopedic Specialists were told laid here hert Three bone bont specialists ot of St Lukes Luke's hospital New York said that the appliance away with the method or of using pulleys on the leg while the patient remained In bed bedfor for tor as long as 14 weeks It was estimated that about 40 per cent or of elderly patients pa die while In traction the doctors said Oth ath ers develop pressure sores from ly lying Iy-I Iy Ing In bed so long and many develop bladder inflammation and Irritation About 11 per cent have to be transferred to mental Institutions be be- be because cause of a severe psychotic state stale which develops Using the Jewitt device a combi- combi combination nation three flanged three nail and bone plate all In one piece the doctors said they have been able to reduce mortality to about 12 per cent and prevent crooked healing The time the patient must day Itay In Inthe Inthe the hospital hu has been cut almost half half they eald ald and the cost proportion reduced Although the hip fracture ts It tra- tra traI traditionally I one suffered by old peo- peo I pie the Injury often otten Is sustained by individuals In the prime of life the surgeons said laid About 95 patients with shattered I I hips have been operated on In New NewYork York using the Jewitt nail nail they added Surgeons making the report were I r Mather Cleveland Dr David M Bosworth and Dr Frederick R R Thompson |