Conservative Surgery in Malignant Disease

the comparatively small kilovoltage of the x-ray apparatus installed in the Mission Hospital in which I work as being sufficient for deep x-ray therapy. Nothing is, or was, further irom my thoughts; but I wrote the article in question with a very definite purpose?namely to show that even with a very moderate-sized x-ray equipment sarcomas in the limbs can be dealt with by its use, combined with surgery and radium, in such a way as to avoid amputation, and at the same time not be followed by recurrence. As a matter of fact, two of the cases reported by me have recurred; one was in the abdomen, and the small voltage of the x-ray apparatus no doubt determined the recurrence. The other was in the arm, and has since had a fore-quarter amputation. But, as everyone knows, in India patients are very prone to run away directly amputation of a limb is suggested; and any method of dealing conservatively with a disease, for which amputation was formerly considered to be the only treatment, may ensure at any rate that the patient in question does not run away to quacks and certain death.