Plate 



Fig. I. 



R:eSECTION OF THE I/ATBRAI, CARTILAGES OF THE OS PEDIS. 



Horcy wall removed, sensitive latninse and cutaneous flap held 

 upwards. Posterior half of the cartilage excised, y, sensitive 1am- 

 inse ; w, coronary band : k, anterior half of cartilage ; //, cavity 

 caused by the removal of the posterior half of the cartilage ; n, necrotic 

 cartilage ; p, parachondral surface of the skin and sensitive laminae ; 

 s, perpendicular, crescent-shaped incision in the horny wall ;^, fistula. 



